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Reference

• Wikipedia
• Issuepedia: autism as a policy issue

Links

• autistics.org "the real voice of autism"
  • Autism Network International
• 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

• Autism Residential Schools and Homes

Videos

• silentmiaow (blog) has posted a number of autism-related videos on YouTube

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