Diagnosis/Screening

• Autism Spectrum Disorders – (National Institute of Mental Health)
• Autism Overview
  Autism Screening Toolkit for Professionals – (American Academy of Pediatrics)
  Autism Video Glossary – (Autism Speaks)
  DSM-IV – Diagnostic Criteria for Persuasive Developmental Disorders Including Autism & Asperger’s (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  A Vanishing Diagnosis for Asperger’s Syndrome – THE NEW YORK TIMES (November 2009)
  New Theory of Autism – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (June 2009)New Study Implicates Environmental Factors in Autism – THE NEW YORK TIMES (July 2011)Autism News Across the Nation: Autism and GI Dysfunction – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (November 2009)
  Early Signs of Autism: Identifying Key Behaviors Using Retrospective Video Analysis – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (June 2009)
  Pragmatic Language Disorders – (ASHA Website)
  The Double Interview Task: Assessing the Social Communication of Children with Asperger Syndrome – Social Cognition and Asperger Syndrome – (Social Thinking)
  At the Age of Peekaboo, in Therapy to Fight Autism – THE NEW YORK TIMES (November 2010)

Treatment

• Trying Anything and Everything for Autism – THE NEW YORK TIMES (January 2009)
  Educating Children with Autism – (The National Academies Press)
  Safety and Efficacy of CAM Therapies for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) – (Kaiser Permanente)
  Understanding and Facilitating Communication, Social and Play Development and Addressing Behavioral Changes – pdf files
  Talk to Me: Issues in Acquiring Spoken Language for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders – THE ASHA LEADER (November 2009)
  A Rollercoaster to Acceptance of a Son’s Autism – THE NEW YORK TIMES (April 2009)
  Study Finds Diet Has No Effect on Autism – THE NEW YORK TIMES (July 2009)
  Video Modeling Handbook Overview – (Social Skill Builder)
  Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: Three Case Studies – THE ASHA LEADER (January 2010)
  Fad Treatments for Autism – ADVANCE for Speech-Language Pathologists & Audiologists (December 2007)
  MacArthur Communicative Development Inventories – A list of words that infants and toddlers speak and understand in Spanish and English
  100 Day Kit and the Asperger Syndrome and High Functioning Autism Tool Kit, created specifically for newly diagnosed families to make the best possible use of the 100 days following their child’s diagnosis of autism or AS/HFA – (Autism Speaks)
  More Than Words: Helping Parents Promote Communication and Social Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder – (Book, available on Amazon.com)
  Autism Spectrum Disorders in Infants and Toddlers: Diagnosis, Assessment and Treatment – (Book, also available as an e-book)
  Joint Attention Games for Children with Autism
  Finding Good Apps for Children with Autism – THE NEW YORK TIMES (November 2011)