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* '''2005-01-28''' [http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/050128_monkey_business.html Monkeys Pay to See Female Monkey Bottoms]: yes, this is actually relevant to autism. Monkeys also "pay" to see pictures of higher-ranking males, and have to be "paid" to view pictures of lower-ranking males – even without having met the males in the pictures – they are somehow determining rank simply from looking at the picture. This has implications in the field of autism, because autistic people show a marked lack of interest in looking at other people at all, much less in deriving information about social rank and other related attributes. | * '''2005-01-28''' [http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/050128_monkey_business.html Monkeys Pay to See Female Monkey Bottoms]: yes, this is actually relevant to autism. Monkeys also "pay" to see pictures of higher-ranking males, and have to be "paid" to view pictures of lower-ranking males – even without having met the males in the pictures – they are somehow determining rank simply from looking at the picture. This has implications in the field of autism, because autistic people show a marked lack of interest in looking at other people at all, much less in deriving information about social rank and other related attributes. | ||
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| + | * '''2007-01-11''' [http://www.trekbbs.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=7100790&page=0&fpart=all&vc=1&nt=2 autism] thread on TrekBBS | ||
==Opinion== | ==Opinion== | ||
* '''2005-09-26''' [http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/26023/ The Glamorous Disease] by Annalee Newitz, AlterNet: neurodiversity and neurotypicality | * '''2005-09-26''' [http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/26023/ The Glamorous Disease] by Annalee Newitz, AlterNet: neurodiversity and neurotypicality | ||
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Reference
- Wikipedia
- Issuepedia: autism as a policy issue
Links
- autistics.org "the real voice of autism"
- Cambridge Center for Behavioral Studies: Applied Behavior Analysis for Autism
- Autistic Spectrum Quotient (AQ) self-test for adults
- Autism and Computing
- Autism: Getting the Truth Out: site by Laura Tisoncik
- A survival guide for people on the autistic spectrum at wikibooks
Assisted Living
Regional Information
United States
North Carolina
- Autism Society of NC (links)
- Family Support Network of NC: "to promote and provide support for families with children who have special needs"
- NAMI NC: National Alliance on Mental Health, NC Chapter
- A case history (Durham): Josh and The System at HypertWiki
News
- 2006-06-09 Rare counting ability induced by temporarily switching off brain region: another clue about how autism works
- 2006-01-30 Scientific brain linked to autism
- 2006-01-17 Utah researchers confirm chromosome may harbor autism gene
- 2005-12-06
- Autistic Children's Brains Grow Larger... (than average brains, in first 2 years of life)
- ...Study Of Children With Autism Finds Broken Mirror Neuron System
- 2005-11-21 In Autism And Related Disorders, Recognizing Emotion Is Different Than Identity (alt alt)
- 2005-01-28 Monkeys Pay to See Female Monkey Bottoms: yes, this is actually relevant to autism. Monkeys also "pay" to see pictures of higher-ranking males, and have to be "paid" to view pictures of lower-ranking males – even without having met the males in the pictures – they are somehow determining rank simply from looking at the picture. This has implications in the field of autism, because autistic people show a marked lack of interest in looking at other people at all, much less in deriving information about social rank and other related attributes.
Discussion
- 2007-01-11 autism thread on TrekBBS
Opinion
- 2005-09-26 The Glamorous Disease by Annalee Newitz, AlterNet: neurodiversity and neurotypicality