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Autism Speaks: (click the link for more information)
Provides resources and information for parents, educators, and people with autism. Resources, information about local providers, autism friendly events in your area, research, information guides on various topics, and more! They also have an Autism Response Team (ART) that is designed to assist with connecting people to information, tools, and resources.
The Autism Society: (click the link for more information)
The Autism Society, the nation's leading grassroots autism organization, exists to improve the lives of all affected by autism. We do this by increasing public awareness about the day-to-day issues faced by people on the spectrum, advocating for appropriate services for individuals across the lifespan, and providing the latest information regarding treatment, education, research and advocacy.
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention: Learn the Signs. Act Early. Campaign: (click the links for more information on topics)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), in collaboration with a number of national partners, launched a public awareness campaign called "Learn the Signs. Act Early." The campaign aims to educate parents about childhood development, including early warning signs of autism and other developmental disorders, and encourages developmental screening and intervention.
The CDC also provides a wealth of information specific to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) including, but not limited to the following:
What is Autism Spectrum Disorder?
Facts, signs, causes, and what to do if you are concerned
Information for families and health professionals
Types of treatments services and early intervention
Materials & Multimedia on Autism Spectrum Disorders
Fact sheets, videos, and community reports
Scientific articles and key findings
Contact Information:
1-800-232-4636 OR 1-888-232-6348 • cdcinfo@cdc.gov
National Academies Press: Educating Children with Autism: (click the link for more information)
Contains the entire report of the NIH-funded investigation into ASD treatments. The results are reader-friendly and useful in analyzing the efficacy of any treatment program.
Kansas Autism and Tertiary Behavior Supports (TASN): (click the link for more information)
This site contains training articles, webinars and other teacher and parent resources on ASD. Topics include: general information, family and adult issues, educational programming, behavior, communication, sensory, self-help/medical and social/leisure.
Special Education Guide: (click the link for more information)
Parents and educators know that children with special needs have gifts and talents—it’s just a matter of unleashing their full potential, and making sure that their parents and teachers have the right information, tools and support to help them. That’s where Special Education Guide comes in. We are your go-to resource for mastering the terminology, procedures and best practices in special education.
Also check out the blog site at: http://www.specialeducationguide.com/blog/
The National Professional Development Center (NPDC) on Autism Spectrum Disorder: (click the link for more information)
The NPDC provides a wealth of information on the various evidence based practices (EBPs) that researchers have shown to be effective for individuals with an ASD. The NPDC used a rigorous criteria to classify 27 focused interventions as EBPs in 2014. The 27 identified EBPs have been shown through scientific research to be effective when implemented correctly with students with ASD. The NPDC developed online modules, called AFIRM, for each of the 27 identified practices. The website contains a table with all of the EBPs and links to additional information on each one of them.
Organization for Autism Research: (click the link for more information)
This organization strives to use science to address the social, educational, and treatment concerns of self-advocates, parents, autism professionals, and caregivers. Their mission is “applying” research to answer questions of daily concern to those living with autism. The studies we fund and the information resources we provide have meaning in the day-to-day lives of persons with autism and their families. Rather than fund research relative to cause and cure, we fund pilot studies on topics of more every day relevance such as education, parent and teacher training, communication, self-care, social skills, employment, behavior and adult and community issues. In pursuing its efforts to change lives, our ultimate focus is quality of life.
Resources for self advocates, families, and education as well as information on scholarships, available grants, teacher and student resources and much more can be found on their website.