Autism groups and researchers have reacted with alarm to a federal research roadmap drawn up by advisers handpicked by the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, fearing it will promote unproven fringe therapies at the expense of promising genetic research.(自闭症团体和研究人员对肯尼迪顾问制定的路线图感到震惊，担心其以牺牲基因研究为代价推广未经证实的疗法。)
自闭症团体和研究人员对由美国卫生部长小罗伯特·肯尼迪亲自挑选的顾问制定的联邦研究路线图感到震惊，担心这会以牺牲有前景的基因研究为代价，推广未经证实的边缘疗法。
A slew of scientific bodies and groups within the autism community are warning that the 336-page plan risks deflect(使转向；转移)ing federal dollars away from potentially groundbreaking(开创性的；突破性的) genetic research in favor of(支持；赞同) unreliable alternative therapies.
自闭症群体中的大量科学机构和团体警告说，这份336页的计划可能会将联邦资金从具有潜在突破性的基因研究转向不可靠的替代疗法。
There is little or no(几乎没有) evidence, they say, that many of the proposed(提议的；拟议的) treatments work, or that they even fit the definition of autism.
他们说，几乎没有证据表明许多拟议的治疗方法有效，甚至不符合自闭症的定义。