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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

Blogs

by autistic people

• elmindreda (Sweden)
• ballastexistenz aka silentmiaow

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

• 2007-02-22 Large study provides new insights in autism's genetic code
• 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.

Articles

• 2007-03-22 Autism: It’s Not Just in the Head "The devastating derangements of autism also show up in the gut and in the immune system. That unexpected discovery is sparking new treatments that target the body in addition to the brain." by Jill Neimark, Discover Magazine.

Discussion

• 2007-01-11 autism thread on TrekBBS

Opinion

• 2005-09-26 The Glamorous Disease by Annalee Newitz, AlterNet: neurodiversity and neurotypicality