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Living with Autism, Aspergers or Rett Disorder certainly isn`t a breeze, you will need advice and support and most often this does not appear.
This site exists as a `focal point` to help locate the advice you need to meet the trials ahead with skill and fortitiude.
We have collated all the web sites concerning Autism, Asperger Syndrome and ASD that we could find, and built them into this autism related portal including a search facility.
Sites:
- UCSD Autism Research Laboratory - Provides information on research activities conducted on the campus of the University of California, San Diego. Offers details on the parent training program, sibling and speech studies
- University of Chicago Laboratory for Developmental Neuroscience - Dedicated to studying the molecular basis of pediatric onset neuropsychiatric disorders. Now working with collaborators on the molecular genetics of autism, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, childhood onset obsessive-compulsive disorder, stuttering, adolescent depression, and pediatric and early onset bipolar mood disorder.
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Autism Research Program - This research tests the assumptions that autism selectively involves complex cognitive abilities and results from abnormal development and function of neocortical systems. The researchers are examining evidence of strengths and deficits in complex information processing abilities in areas of reasoning, language, memory, motor, and visual spatial abilities.
- University of Wisconsin Research on Autism Homepage - Provides an overview of research activities, information for parents and links to related resources.
- UW Collaborative Program of Excellence in Autism - Research on the behavioral, biological and genetic components of autism directed by Geraldine Dawson of the University of Washington. Features program goals, overview of findings and links to newspaper and journal articles.
- Yale Child Study Center - Comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluations for children and adults with social disabilities, usually focusing on the issues of diagnosis and intervention. Conducts several large research projects on autism, AS, and other PDD's.
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