About Autism in General:
Autism Fact Sheet from National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Strokes (NINDS) – type “ninds” into Google, takes you to their home page, then type in “autism fact sheet” into their search window and the first response is a hot link to the page – or use following url…
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/autism/detail_autism.htm
What Should You Know? from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – type “cdc” into Google, takes you to their home page, then type in “autism” into their search window and the first response is a hot link to the page – follow the links for “learn about ASDs” or “Data and Statistics” and / or “More Data and Statistics” – or use the following url…
http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/index.html
Brief, basic information from the Council for Exceptional Children is available from www.cec.sped.org just type “autism” into their search window….
Autism/Vaccination Controversy:
Be careful to watch dates on web pages or articles, and also bias.
To use Google – Specify options (+), then set date range to Feb. 1- March 3, 2010.
NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/03/health/research/03lancet.html
Discover Magazine article: http://discovermagazine.com/2009/jun/06-why-does-vaccine-autism-controversy-live-on/article_view?b_start:int=0&-C
K.N.O.W. Vaccines – promotes “public awareness of the fundamental issues concerning the vaccination controversy.” (Note: this group is “anti-vaccine”) http://www.know-vaccines.org/controversy.html
Savant Syndrome:
New Scientist article(interview with an autistic savant):
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126881.800-inside-the-mind-of-an-autistic-savant.html
Overview of Savant Syndrome:
http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant_syndrome/overview_of_savant_syndrome |
