Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism (36 page)
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Authors: Temple Grandin
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While surfing the Internet to find information on the Golden Rule, I stumbled across the name of the author of the quote in the cattle chute catalogue. He is Charles Caleb Cotton, an English clergyman who lived in the 1800s.
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Associations and Sources of Information
Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 300
Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3067
301-667-0881
800-3-AUTISM
Largest parent support group in the U.S. Has many local chapters.
Autism Research Institute
4182 Adam Avenue
San Diego, California 92116
Information on biomedical treatments, auditory training, sensory problems, and many other treatments. They publish a very informative newsletter on new treatments and scientific research.
Gluten Free Casein Free Support Group
MAAP Services, Susan Moreno
P.O. Box 529
Crown Point Indiana 46307
219-662-1311
Information for older high-functioning individuals and Asperger' syndrome.
Judevine Center for Autism
1101 Olivette Executive Parkway
St. Louis, Missouri 63132
314-482-6200
www.judevine.org
or
www.judevine.org/autism/resources.html
Contains excellent links in their resources section to many autism and Asperger sites.
National Institute of Mental Health
Office of Communications
6001 Executive Blvd. Room 8184, MSC 9663
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
301-443-4513
866-615-6464
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Contains basic information about autism.
National Autistic Society in England
393 City Road
London, England ECIVING
44-(0)20-7833-2299
Good general information site. Has good objective information on auditory training and other treatments. Use the search box located on this site. Searches for many different kinds of information can be done.
Tonyattwood.com.au
A good source of information on Asperger' Syndrome.
Contains information on teaching social skills to children with autism.
Emily Post' The Etiquette Advantage in Business: Personal Skills for Professional Success
by Peggy Post and Peter Post. This practical book provides many tips on how people should behave at work. It will be useful for learning work-related social skills.
Physician' Desk Reference
Order from
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The Doctor' Bible for information on medications. They also have books on herbal and nutritional supplements. They are available in many libraries and at your doctor' office. All FDA Black Box warnings are in these books.
Pubmed—provides free access to summaries of studies published in scientific journals. This database is run by the National Institute of Health. To access, type
Pubmed
into either the Google or Yahoo! search engine. There are several different Pubmed search pages that search different databases. The best one is labeled ncbi PUBMED NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE and it has an easy-to-use search box near the top of the page.
Google Scholar searches scientific papers. Go to
www.google.com
and click on “scholar” on the tool bar.
Therafin
19747 Wolf Road
Mokena, Illinois 60448
800-843-7231
708-479-7300
The squeeze machine manufacturer.
Irlen Institute
5380 Village Road
Long Beach, California 90808
Has information on colored glasses and colored overlays to help with visual processing problems.
Sensory Integration International
P.O. Box 5339
Torrance, California 90510-5339
Information on sensory problems.
College of Optometrists in Vision Development (COVD)
243 N. Lindberg Blvd., Suite 310
St. Louis, Missouri 63141
314-991-4007
888-268-3770
Information on finding doctors who can treat visual processing problems.
Publishers of Books on Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Autism Asperger Publishing Company
P.O. Box 23173
Shawnee Mission, Kansas 66283-0173
877-277-8254
913-897-1004
Future Horizons
721 West Abram Street
Arlington, Texas 76013
800-489-0727
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
116 Pentonville Road
London NI 9JB United Kingdom
44-(0)20-7833-2307
Pro-Ed Inc.
8700 Shoal Creek Blvd.
Austin, Texas 78757-6897
Has books on Lovaas, ABA, and discreet trial methods.
Sites Run by People with High-Functioning Autism or Asperger' Syndome
Karen Simmons
A good site for parents to get information and to communicate with other parents.
Grasp—the Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership
125 East 15th Street
New York, NY 10003
645-242-4003
Contains lots of links to other sites, run by people with autism or Asperger'.
Web site with lots of information run by Kathleen Seidel.
In her profile she writes, “We've recognized the characteristics of autism in both sides of our family and no longer regard autism as an aberration, but regard ourselves and our loved ones as a remarkable tribe.”
A great Web site with lots of links made by Alexander Plank, a student who has created an online community.
www.aspennj.org
contains an extensive list of state support groups and has information on bullying and teasing.
I would like to conclude this list of sources with a warning. There is no magic cure for autism and parents must be cautious to avoid being misled by extravagant claims by people who are promoting their brand of therapy. Treatments that are effective should work with reasonable amounts of effort. A treatment program that works for one child may be useless for another. Treatments and educational programs that are effective can be implemented without spending huge sums of money. Dedicated parents and good teachers have made their own effective programs after reading different books. They did not have to have expensive training. A parent should follow his or her own good instincts. Try different programs or methods and keep the things that work and eliminate the things that do not work. Combining several different approaches is often effective.