Autism Speaks, Community, Resources, Other Websites

Autism Speaks
AutismSpeaks is dedicated to increasing awareness of autism spectrum disorders, to funding research into the causes, prevention, treatments and cure for autism, and to advocating for the needs of affected families. Founded in February 2005 by Suzanne and Bob Wright, the grandparents of a child with autism, Autism Speaks later merged with the National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR) and Cure Autism Now(CAN) bringing together the nation's three leading autism advocacy organizations.

American Academy of Pediatrics
General information related to child health, specific guidelines concerning pediatric issues, information about AAP's programs and activities,publications and other child health resources. Information comes from child health experts with scientific research supporting their recommendations.

American Music Therapy Association
Music is a form of non-verbal communication that increases social skills,language development, interaction, expression, organizational processing, and encourages spontaneous creation and improvisation. Fact sheet about Music Therapy and autism (PDF)

Anna Kennedy Online
This site has been designed as a community resource where people who need help or want to offer solutions can come to share ideas and discuss new treatments and approaches. Sections include Legal News, Travel, Food & Recipes, Safety, a group forum and more!

Art Therapy and Autism
The most comprehensive website on the topic of art and autism to date, with a huge list of resources from the fields of art therapy, art education, special education, psychology and more. Plus contact info of specialists in the US and news postings.

Association for Science in Autism Treatment-ASAT
Not-for-profit organization of parents and professionals committed to improving the education, treatment, and care of people with autism.

AutismAsperger.net
AutismAsperger.net serves to build greater awareness of the autism spectrum and in particular, Asperger Syndrome. It joins other websites with this same focus and will work together with them toward strengthening our community of people on the autism spectrum.

Autism Bookstore
Established in 1988 in response to parents requests for information on autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the Autism Society of North Carolina's bookstore has grown into the largest nonprofit ASD-specific bookstore in the UNtied States.

Autism Calendar
Come check out a list of events in your area related to autism awareness and the autism community. Posting your own local events to the calendar is free!

Autism Community: Strengthening the Knowledge on Autism
The Autism Community is a blog where you can find information about Autism Spectrum Disorder, treatment options, advocacy issues, resources for families and teachers of children with ASD, and other helpful information. In addition to this, I want this blog to be forum in which the autism community can come together and share their thoughts and get their questions answered.

Autism Community Store
Autism is a journey for the children, their parents and all who accompany themas they grow and progress. We founded the Autism Community Store as a stop on this journey - a place to find the supplies we need together.

Autism Family Online: Working Together to Meet the Challenges & Share the Triumphs of Autism
Join our worldwide group of family members and educators dedicated to meeting the needs of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders. This site will give you valuable information, provide an opportunity to get your questions answered, and much, much more.

Autism on the Seas
Group and individual travel for adults and families with all cognitive, intellectual and developmental disabilities. We are dedicated to service the cruising needs of families and individuals faced with autism and Asperger's Syndrome.

AutismSpot (Online Videos)
A way to connect, educate, and communicate the latest advancements in therapy offerings, educational opportunities and home based programs to the global Autism Community through the use of video vignettes.

Autism Research Institute (ARI)
Founded in 1967 by Dr. Bernard Rimland, ARI conducts and fosters scientific research designed to improve the methods of diagnosing, treating, and preventing autism. ARI also disseminates research findings to parents and others worldwide seeking help. One of ARI's primary projects, DAN!conferences which is sharing information and ideas toward defeating autism as quickly as possible.

Autism Society of America (ASA)
ASA exists to improve the lives of all affected by autism. They 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.

Autism.tv
Stories of intervention and recovery from parents, professionals, caregivers and other individuals. Thanks to these people, recovery is now a reality for a significant fraction of the population of children with autism.

Autism Spectrum Therapies
Information and resources for parents, physicians and the general public.

Autistic TV
Autistic TV is a valuable online destination and rich media network for all things Autism. Autistic TV will provide individuals with Autism and their caretakers with a singular place on the web to find current, reliable and unbiased information about Autism, including video, audio podcasts, expert advice current news and more.

The Center for AAC and Autism
The Center for AAC and Autism is dedicated to building awareness of the power of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) to change the lives of children with autism and other developmental disabilities, who are challenged by limited spontaneous communication skills.

Center for Disease Control and Preventions: Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs)
Updated and easy to read information on facts, screening, diagnosis and treatments. Pages dedicated to data and statistics, research and publications.

Dandee Child Safety Harness
Keep Your Child Safe with a Child Safety Harness

Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation
The mission of the Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation is to award grants to programs that enrich the lives of adolescents and adults with autism. The Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation encompasses developing,identifying, supporting and supervising exemplary programs.

Defeat Autism Now (DAN!)
A project of the Autism Research Institute, DAN! meetings bring together physicians and scientists from around the world to develop advanced methods of diagnosis and treatment. DAN! Conferences and practitioner trainings are held twice a year.

Disability Scoop
Disability Scoop is the first nationally focused online news organization serving the developmental disability community including autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, fragile X and mental retardation, among others. Launched in 2008, Disability Scoop is the premier source for developmental disability news.

Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism
The primary goal of the Doug Flutie, Jr. Foundation for Autism is to promote awareness and support families affected by autism spectrum disorders. They are committed to funding organizations that provide direct services, family support grants, education, advocacy and recreational opportunities with the purpose of improving the quality of life for individuals with autism and their families.

eSpecialMatch.com: A Social Network for Special Needs
eSpecialMatch.com is a social network dedicated to helping families of individuals with special needs as well as the professionals and organizations that serve them connect for information, support, and social interaction. Members can search the site using very specific criteria including area, diagnosis, specialty, child's social behavioral profile, child interest, family views etc.

The Emotes
Emotes are a series of characters that each represent a different emotion--from Abash the embarrassed to Boom the angry. The Emotes assist children with identifying, understanding and expressing their emotions as well as teaching about non-verbal and social cues. The Emotes can be experienced through picture books, PVC and plush toys as well as online content.

Etsy
A place to buy and sell home made items

F.A.I.R. Autism Media (Foundation for Autism Information and Research, Inc)
Featuring the internet's largest collection of video interviews with some of the top researchers, clinicians and activists within the autism community!

Families for Effective Treatment (FEAT)
FEAT is a non-profit organization of parents, educators, and other professionals dedicated to providing Education, Advocacy and Support for the Northern California Autism Community.

First Signs
First Signs is dedicated to the early identification and intervention of children with developmental delays and disorders. The organization provides a wealth of resources ranging from healthy development to concerns about a child; from the screening and referral process, to treatments for autism spectrum disorders. Their stated goal is to improve screening and referral practices and to lower the age at which young children are identified with autism and other developmental disorders.

Floortime Repository
Floortime Repository features everything from free Pecs, social stories videos conferences and much, much more.

FoodFacts.com
FoodFacts.com is Your Go-To site for healthy living and help to easily manage food allergies. With over 75,000 food products you?ll find complete and comprehensive ingredient and nutrient information you can depend on, allergy-free foods, customized recipes, quickly created shopping lists, comparing to conventional products and more!

Future Horizons
Provide books, conferences, and other resources on Autism, Asperger's Syndrome,Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD). Mission is to bring current,helpful information on autism and Asperger's Syndrome to individuals,families and professionals.

GFCF Diet
Info on Gluten Free Casein Free Food, shop online, cookbooks, vitamins, and info on where to begin with Dietary Intervention Treatment For Autistic Spectrum Disorders

Generation Rescue
Generation Rescue was formed in 2005 by parents of children who have been diagnosed with childhood neurological disorders including autism, ADHD and other learning disabilities. Their belief is that most of these conditions are environmental illnesses that can be treated through biomedical intervention.

Gluten-Free Choice
Celiac disease and gluten-intolerance education and support services.

Got-Autism
We are an e-commerce site dedicated to supporting individuals and families touched by autism. We have over 600 products on the site ranging from developmental/educational toys, current ASD book titles and DVDs, OT and sensory diet items and products that build on existing skills and talents and cater to special interests. Our market focus is on the individual with autism, but also every person that comes in contact with the individual on the spectrum.

Healing Thresholds
Healing Thresholds is a site dedicated to healing the lives of families touched by autism by providing daily updates on therapies and news designed to help people with autism.

Heartfelt Pieces
Rachel Meek's style is best described as cartoon abstract. Her pieces have created quite a stir within the autism community. Each painting is marked with a puzzle piece to show her support of finding a cause and a cure.

Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
U.S.Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs' (OSEP's) IDEA website. Created to provide a "one-stop shop" for resources related to IDEA and its implementing regulations, released on August 3,2006.

International Mental Health Resource Organization (IMHRO)
Leading brain science for a better world. The IMHRO is a leading mental health charity committed to supporting research to help people with brain diseases, and ultimately find cures for schizophrenia, depression and bipolar disorder.

Kirkman Labs
Kirkman produces specialty nutritional supplements for those with special dietary needs, which can be ordered online. Specializes in casein free,gluten free, hypoallergenic supplements.

Let's Cook! Life Skills for Kids on the Autism Spectrum
This site combines video, slides and downloadable visual aids in an entertaining and informative digital format that demonstrates how to help kids with autism learn an important life skill ? cooking. At the same time, it features structured, predictable activities that help support children on the spectrum to engage and communicate in a natural social situation.

Let's Cure Autism
The goal of this site is to provide accurate information on treating autism and living with autism to everyone interested in learning more about ASD. To bring forth change to the way autism is viewed by the public and help figure out a way of more effectively treating those with autism so that they may have better quality of life...that is the cure they are seeking!

Lost and Found Temporary Tattoos
"If I am lost, please help me be found" temporary tattoos.

Make Beliefs Comix
Come visit MakeBeliefsComix.com, where parents and children can create their own comic strips online and practice writing,reading and storytelling. Parents and teachers of autistic children are using the site to communicate more effectively with their children by creating comic strips to teach and convey information to them.

Medline Plus
Service of US National Library of Medicine and the NIH. Health topics, info about drugs and supplements, encyclopedia with pictures and diagrams,dictionary, current health news and directories of doctors/dentists/hospitals.

Missouri Department of Mental Health Network of Care Web Site for People with Developmental Disabilities
This site is a resource for individuals, families and agencies concerned with developmental disabilities. It provides information about developmental disabilities services, laws, and related news, as well as communication tools and other features.

Moms Fighting Autism
Moms Fighting Autism is a monthly webinar service dedicated to helping moms who have children with autism. Each month we bring our members new speakers that share their perspective on various autism topics.

myMedicalReports.com
Your Source for Medical Information, Health and Well Being...take control of your health!

National Association Of Residential Providers for Adults with Autism
The United Voice of the Autism Residential Services Community. Lists member agencies and courses. Goals are to promote best practices and quality standards through training, open access to underserved populations,exchange information members and partners to promote efficiency and effectiveness.

National Autism Association (NAA)
NAA's mission is to educate and empower families affected by autism and other neurological disorders, while advocating on behalf of those who cannot fight for their own rights. They aim to educate society that autism is not a lifelong incurable genetic disorder but one that is biomedically definable and treatable. Their efforts include raising public and professional awareness of environmental toxins as causative factors in neurological damage that often results in an autism or related diagnosis.

Natural Cellular Defense, Waiora
Waiora's Natural Cellular Defense is clinically formulated to help support a healthy immune system, remove heavy metals and toxins, and balance your body's pH levels and it is also natural, non-toxic and safe for long-term use.

Natural Foods Education
Eating naturally healthy meals has never been easier! There's no reason to feel confused or intimidated about how to eat more healthfully. A wide variety of natural food meal plans will guide you on what to buy, how to prepare it, and why it's good for you.

Organization for Autism Research (OAR)
OAR was created in 2001 by parents and grandparents who shared a common belief that applied research would answer the questions that parents,families, individuals with autism, teachers and caregivers confront daily. No other autism organization has this singular focus.

PCI Education
PCI Education has been developing materials for the special education and struggling learner population for nearly 20 years.

RealQuestions.TV: Health and Autism
Watch videos of health professionals answering questions about autism and related disorders.

rethink autism
Effective, easy to use, and affordable autism treatment platform. rethink autism makes ABA-based interventions accessible to everyone by providing: invidivualized ABA curriculum for your child, hundreds of step-by-step video lessons, training videos, automated curriculum management, progress tracking, online professional support, and more!
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SafeMinds
TheCoalition for SafeMinds (Sensible Action For Ending Mercury-Induced Neurological Disorders) is a private non-profit organization founded to investigate and raise awareness of the risks to infants and children of exposure to mercury from medical products, including thimerosal in vaccines. Safe Minds supports research on the potential harmful effects of mercury and thimerosal.

Sandbox Learning Company
Customizable stories for children on social, emotional, and behavioral skills.Customize both the text and images to truly address children's needs.

Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC)
SARRC is a nonprofit, community-based organization in Phoenix,Arizona,dedicated to research, education and resources for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and their families. SARRC undertakes self-directed research, serves as a satellite site for national and international projects, and provides up-to-date information, training and assistance to families and professionals about autism.

Special Needs Answers
Your resource for special needs planning, as well as for finding an attorney that can help in your area.

Surfer's Healing
Surfer's Healing seeks to enrich the lives of children with autism and the lives of their families by exposing them to the unique experience of surfing.

Talk About Curing Autism (TACA)
TACA provides information, resources, and support to families affected by autism. For families who have just received the autism diagnosis, TACA aims to speed up the cycle time from the autism diagnosis to effective treatments. TACA helps to strengthen the autism community by connecting families and the professionals who can help them.

Together In Autism
Our mission is to further promote support and information for parents in a group or individual setting online for free. We are here to hold your hand and guide you. We strive to make a difference by educating the public and expanding our reach. Our goal is to speed the process from diagnosis to being informed, staying informed, connecting families, allowing them to share experiences and helping those with autism thrive.

Train 4 Autism
Train4Autism is a foundation dedicated to bringing together a community of athletes, physically-active, and socially conscious people who are committed to raising awareness and funds for research and treatment for those living with autism and their families.

Unlocking Autism
Unlocking Autism Parent to Parent Network: parents and US State Representatives who are willing to help communicate autism resources and awareness to parents of autistic children and other interested.

Usborne Books & More
Usborne Books & More provides highly interactive, educational children's books for children of all ages and abilities.

Webbytalents
Webbytalents is an online community designed to unite persons with disabilities through the posting, sharing and discussion of personal videos.

Website of James Williams
James is a 22-year-old with high functioning autism who has written books and spoken at several autism conferences, support groups and special schools. On his site, he has archived the speeches and essays he has written through the years.

Whoosh Learning
Our mission is to provide an interactive and safe online environment, where every child's academic performance will improve.

Woodbine House
Your trusted source of books on disabilities.

Wrightslaw
Information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities. Search for information in the Advocacy Libraries and Law Libraries.

ZAC Browser: Zone for Autistic Children
ZAC is the first web browser developed specifically for children with autism, and autism spectrum disorders. You have found the best environment on the Internet for your autistic child.