Asperger's Community
The purpose of this website is to assist Aspergers groups so as to enable them to better help people with Autism and Aspergers.
Autisable.com
Autisable.com is a blogging community focused on Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, PDD NOS and other Pervasive Development Disorders. Autisable's Mission is to be of service to the Autism Community by providing an open platform where anything Autism Related can be shared and discussed.
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 in Action
Autism In Action™ has developed a series of Autism “How-To” Teaching Programs to help you help your child achieve success in a realistic and cost effective way. Whether you want to use ABA to decrease problem behaviors, work on toilet training and other basic self-help skills, help your child communicate more effectively, or teach them how to interact with others, these step by step teaching programs will guide you through exactly what to say and do.
Autism After 16
This website arose out of the desire to help adults with ASD and their families make sense of the morass of information and misinformation out there. Autism After 16 is dedicated to providing information and analysis of adult autism issues, with the emphasis on analysis. Anyone can Google “autism + adults” and discover a vast array of programs, documents, and products. Our intention here is to try to help adults with ASD and their families make sense of what’s out there.
Autism Blogs Directory
A diverse directory of autism blogs with a variety of viewpoints!
Autism and Boyscouts
This site was created to give information to parents of autistic children considering if Scouting is right for their child and for Scout Leaders and Volunteers (Scouters) who have autistic children in their unit.
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 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...Learn
We are dedicated to making visually structured activities designed to help develop multiple skills for persons with autism. Many of our activies contain different levels, creating a connected heirarchy. Learn by doing - then progress to each higher level to expand learned skills.
autismMatch
Helping families living with autism requires supporting the family, understanding the causes, developing and testing new treatments, and creating access to services and supports. The goal of autismMatch is to connect families and individuals living with autism with researchers who are seeking the answers to how to achieve these goals.
AutismNOW.org
Autism NOW: The National Autism Resource and Information Center is a dynamic and interactive, highly visible and effective central point of quality resources and information for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and other developmental disabilities, their families, and other targeted key stakeholders.
Autism on the Seas
We're dedicated to providing vacation and travel options for individuals and family's living with Special Needs, including, but not limited to, Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy and all Cognitive, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Featuring cruise and land resort options.
Autism Parenting Solutions
Providing practical solutions to parents of children with autism from parents of children with autism.
Autism Support Groups
A helping hand on demand.
Autistic Traveler
Provides a central source of information for traveling with autistic children. This site also provides useful links to enable you to successfully plan and execute a memorable vacation for you and your entire family.
TheAutSpot
An autism online community and global resources center. A place to interact with individuals across the globe who are affected by autism spectrum disorders, learn more, and find valuable resources.
Awe in Autism
Through original works of art, music, literature, poetry, photography and video, as well as many other resources, aweinautism.org seeks to provide inspiration and encouragement to those impacted by autism.
Bloom and Grow LLC
Bloom & Grow LLC is dedicated to supporting the caregiver. We share products we've created, strategies, tips & tricks you can use in your home and community, and recommendations of products we've tried and love!
Bridges to Adventure
Outdoor excursions for families that have children with autism.
Bright Beacon
Bright Beacon exists to provide a safe haven for parents of children with medical needs to meet, discuss their children, their children's medical needs, and perhaps even their own personal stories: their victories, defeats, joys and sorrows.
Care.com
Care.com is one of the largest, safest and fastest growing services used by families to find high-quality caregivers, providing a trusted place to easily connect. The company addresses the life cycle of care needs that families go through—child care, special needs care, tutoring & lessons, senior care, pet care, housekeeping and more.
The Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation
The Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation (CISCRP) is a first-of-its-kind nonprofit organization dedicated to educating and informing the public, patients, medical/research communities, the media, and policy makers about clinical research and the role each party plays in the process.
Circle of Moms
We are a community of many mothers coming together as one. We like to discuss many aspects of our lives, drawing from our common experience as parents, family members and those caring for children on the autism spectrum.
Dads 4 Special Kids
Dads 4 Special Kids is an organization dedicated to helping men who have a child with special needs in their lives. We provide invaluable information, encouragement and support to men who are striving to improve, enrich and heal their own lives, and who are determined to provide their best to a child with special needs.
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.
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.
Find A Professional: Online Directory of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Programs
This on-line directory contains valuable information about thousands of programs that employ audiologists and speech-language pathologists who hold the Certificate of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA).
Grant's Eco Art
Grant is autistic and his message of recycling and creating artwork is capturing national attention. As he says, "It's not what we can't do.. It's what we can do!"
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.
HealthCare.gov
This tool will help you find the health insurance best suited to your needs, whether it's private insurance for individuals, families, and small businesses, or public programs that may work for you. It was created to help consumers under the health insurance reform law, the Affordable Care Act.
Hope 4 All Children
An online community for Family, Friends, and Professionals of individuals with special needs, and for Adults with special needs.
How Babies Learn
At HowBabiesLearn.com we get research on early infant and child development 'out of the lab and into the living room.' We offer scientific summaries written directly by researchers, as well as research based books for parents, infants, and children.
International Diagnostic Solutions
International Diagnostic Solutions (IDS) provides international consultation and diagnostic services in the areas of autism, developmental delay, and special education. Whether onsite or off site, our experts provide comprehensive diagnostic assessments, short and long term training in the fields of ABA and special education, consultation for program and center development, and biotechnological tools and research opportunities.
Kate Cave's Karma Life: Helping Parents of Autistic Children to Live A Karma Life
Do you want to know more about how to live with autism stress and how you can help your child cope? Kate offers personal 1:1 help to cope with autism stress for both you AND your child with autism.
LawHelp.org
LawHelp helps low and moderate income people find free legal aid programs in their communities, and answers to questions about their legal rights.
Legal Shield. Total Access. Total Freedom.
We market and sell legal service plans. Our most popular product is our family plan. For $26 a month or less, members and their families receive coverage for a broad range of preventive and court-related expenses (like toll-free access to a lawyer for legal counsel and advice). There are also options for the autism community, including advice on how to get quality ABA therapies covered via the IEP, how to receive IEP based early intervention help, and more.
Make Friends with Autism
Make Friends with Autism is a community focused education initiative that encourages understanding, inclusion, support, and appreciation of people and families with autism. Through a generous grant from Kohl's, Children's Specialized Hospital in New Jersey provides materials to businesses, recreation providers, neighbors and families to support the integration of people with autism into community life.
Mama Time
Mama Time provides workshops and retreats for All mothers needing some time to rest, relax, play and grow! We believe that self-care is an essential ingredient for our health and the health of our children and families.
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.
The National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Annual Pass
This access pass is a free, lifetime pass - available to US citizens or permanent residents of the United States that have been medically determined to have a permanent disability - that provides access to recreation areas managed by 5 federal agencies.
OASIS @ MAAP
This web site provides articles, educational resources, links to local, national and international support groups, sources of professional help, lists of camps and schools, conference information, recommended reading, and moderated support message boards.
OnCall+ Autism Resources: State by State
Search your state for autism resources in the following areas: early intervention, preschool, school-age, adult-focused, community and support groups, and legal advocacy.
One Place for Special Needs
Your place for disability products, resources, services and support.
Parent Coaching for Autism
This website offers a gamut of resources at various levels of financial investment from a free ecourse, weekly parenting tip newsletter and a blog, to occasional low cost teleclasses and workshops; a monthly membership opportunity; and group coaching or the more expensive investment of individual parent coaching - all created to support and guide parents in adjusting to the initial ASD diagnosis as well as ongoing support.
PTEN World
PTEN World is an online community for families with PTEN conditions, and many of our members have children with a PTEN condition and an autism spectrum disorder. Members correspond within discussion forums, and can personalize their profiles by uploading their stories, photos and videos.
The Parenting Connection
Do you need a place to connect, to ask, to vent? The Parenting Connection links parents to each other based on mutual interests and needs. Imagine the possibilities – you can connect with a parent who has children the same ages as yours, a parent who is handling a child's developmental or health issue, or a parent with like interests.
Provider Search: Connecting the Special Needs Community
Real Look Autism
This website will give you some great ideas for working with children who have Autism Spectrum Disorders and also serve as a place to share your own insights. There's a lot of information out there so we are attempting to present different therapies and strategies using video in a very focused and thoughtful way.
relate to autism
relate to autism provides support services for parents - giving you everything you need to begin and run an effective developmental program for your child at home. Use our technology and expertise to either complement your current home-program or as a roadmap to get you started immediately. Our unique combination of online Member Tools and professional consultation services using the Growth through Play System (GPS) gives you access to support whenever and from wherever you need it.
rethink autism
rethink autism places at your fingertips teaching tools that have never before been available at a price you can afford, on a schedule you can manage, and at a quality that you can trust. For a minimal monthly fee, you will have access to comprehensive assessment tools, web-based teaching tutorials, hundreds of video images of teaching interactions, and teaching objectives, all of which will allow you to start working with your child right now.
Sandbox Learning Lending Library Links
Many states have non-profit foundations which support the lending of resources. These resources range from extensive libraries of sensory integration toys, augmentative communication devices, and games or puzzles designed for individuals with disabilities to simple software or low tech devices. Professionals, and in many states parents, are able to ‘check out’ a device online and have it delivered to their home or visit designated centers to borrow items. Since many devices and toys for children with disabilities are very expensive, these programs are an excellent way for people to test augmentative communication devices or adaptive materials before purchasing them. This website lists resources from each state.
Sibling Support Project
On the Sibling Support Project website, visitors can learn about the unique joys and concerns experienced by siblings of people with autism and other disabilities; join listservs for young sibs, adult sibs, or parents who wish to talk about their "other" kids; learn where to find registered sibshops in their community - and how they can start their own Sibshop; and see a list of sibling-related books for you and adult readers.
Simple Steps Autism
An Online Teaching Platform for the Treatment of Autism. Simple but effective tools for coping with Autism Spectrum Disorder in children based on the science of ABA.
Social Security Disability Resource Center
The Social Security disability resource center provides information on the federal disability benefit programs, SSD (social security disability, mandated under title II of the social security act) and SSI (supplemental security income, mandated under title 16), in addition to answering questions about social security retirement benefits and providing resource links on topics such as medicare.
Special Friends Online
The number one online community for individuals with learning disabilities, their parents, caregivers, and volunteers. Our main priority is to create a safe haven for friendships to grow.
The Special Guide: Reviews By and For the Special Needs Community
What every parent of a child with special needs or learning challenges wished they really knew!
Special Learning: The Comprehensive Autism Solutions Company
Special Learning exists to offer every parent with a special child a genuine chance to help their son or daughter attain an abundant and fulfilling life. Years of peer-reviewed research prove that most children with developmental disorders like Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) who begin proper treatment early can achieve substantial, measurable progress in building critical skills they need to function in society as they grow up. Join us on our journey as we bring light and hope to children with autism and developmental disabilities around the globe.
Special Kids Photography of America
The primary mission of SKPA is to represent special children to professional photographers in an effort to expand exceptional photographic opportunities to these children on a national level. This unique focus is accomplished through training and education, awareness, funding development and photographic industry support.
Special Learning, Inc.
Special Learning, Inc. is an internet-based company that exists to offer every parent of a child diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder a genuine chance to help their son or daughter attain an abundant and fulfilling life using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) Therapy. The site provides extensive information, resources and tools to help children with autism move up the skills spectrum intuitively, successfully and affordably. The company's ambitious mission is to become THE destination for autism information, resources and tools worldwide.
Special Needs Moms for Moms
Special Needs Moms For Moms is a national social network for communities of special needs mothers to connect, inform, support and inspire one another. As well as finding resources for testing, OT, educational options and counseling. It is free to join Special Needs Moms For Moms.
Therapist Ratingz
What's on your mind? Find a therapist! The site where people like you provide real, independent ratings, reviews and recommendations for therapists, child therapists, and psychologists.
Therapy Buzz
Where parents and care providers connect. Find a therapist. Manage your therapy team. Track your child's progress.
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.
Treating Autism
'Treating Autism is a parent run charity that provides parents with a lifeline...members receive a regular newsletter with developments in the biomedical and therapeutic world, a lending library of autism specific resources, special offers and discounts on conferences. We run local groups across the UK and organise conferences and Parent to Parent events across the UK.
Treatment Diaries
Treatment Diaries is a social network for people just like you who are suffering from, living with or caring for someone with a chronic illness. This community is a supportive sounding board; they share your experiences, they offer advice … they care.
Tutoring Services
Tutoring Services provides genuine services for tutoring in math, sciences and more. Homework assistance and online tutoring available. We are the only free portal that provides students with affordable tutors in the convenience of their own home. Need to find a tutor, no worries there is the place to be. Online learning and homework help are just a few clicks away.
Webbytalents
Webbytalents is an online community designed to unite persons with disabilities through the posting, sharing and discussion of personal videos.
WonderStage Learning
WonderStage Learning, Inc. serves the community of families with special needs and offers valuable and reliable consulting that you can count on. WonderStage Learning, Inc. offers affordable phone-based consulting for anyone that has questions about teaching new skills, reducing challenging behaviors, and helping their special-needs child at home, school, or in the community.
World Autism Organizations
Worldwide there are thousands of autism organizations offering information, resources and services. While you should always consult a physician if you are concerned your child may have autism, you may also have an autism organization in your country that could provide additional support.
Wrightslaw Special Education Law and Advocacy
Accurate, reliable information about special education law, education law, and advocacy for children with disabilities.
2nd.MD: Easy Online Access to Leading Doctors
2nd.MD is a revolutionary new alternative to accessing top medical specialists when you need them most and on your terms. You choose the specialist. You choose the time. You choose the location. And through face-to-face video chat, you get the answers you need about your most pressing medical concerns. It’s just that simple.
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!
Disclaimer
Autism Speaks does not provide medical or legal advice or services. Rather, Autism Speaks provides general information about autism as a service to the community. The information provided on this website is not a recommendation, referral, or endorsement of any resource, therapeutic method, or service provider and does not replace the advice of medical, legal, or educational professionals. Autism Speaks has not validated and is not responsible for any information or services provided by third parties. You are urged to use independent judgment and request references when considering any resource associated with the provision of services related to autism.
