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• OASIS: On-Line Asperger's Syndrome Information and Support
• Asperger's Syndrome Page by Dr. Ozbayrak in Mass.
• Autism Depot
• Yale Child Study Center Autism/PDD Clinic Home Page.
• Center for the Study of Autism
• Families for Early Autism Treatment of Oregon

DISABILITIES SITES

• Parent Pals Ameri-Corp Speech and Hearing has developed a gifted and special education website for parents called Parent Pals. We provide general information, weekly tips, games, links, and newsletters from therapists, teachers, and a psychiatrist for the following disabilities: ADD, autism, deaf and hard of hearing, emotionally disturbed, gifted, learning disability, mental retardation, homeschooling, orthopedically impaired, otherwise health impaired, severe and/or multiple disabilities, speech and language impairment, stuttering, traumatic brain injury and, visually impaired.
• The Sibling Support Project. The Sibling Support Project is a national program dedicated to the interests of brothers and sisters of people with special health and developmental needs. On our pages you will find items of interest for young brothers and sisters, adult brothers and sisters , and everyone!
• Internet Resources for Special Children (IRSC) A Fellow Cincinnatian has put together a very good site for disabilities information.
• Georgia Mental Health Net The Georgia Mental HealthNet is an Internet site supported by the Medical College of Georgia in order to provide information and services to consumers in Georgia, and to provide a forum for current developments in the mental health field for mental health professionals.
• Tomatis Method. The Tomatis Method builds strong listening skills through auditory stimulation, to improve learning and language abilities, communication, creativity, and social behavior.
• Family Villiage. .
• L'Orsa Minore -- Site in Italy that provides disabilities information and links in many different languages.

STUFF THAT DOESN'T FIT ANYWHERE EELSE

• The Virtual Hospital -- Very cool site.
• Link showing an autistic boy being a boy -- not as a disabled person.
• The National Center to Improve Practice (NCIP): NCIP, funded by the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, seeks to promote the effective use of technology to enhance educational outcomes for students with sensory, cognitive, physical, and social/emotional disabilities.
• The Sibling Support Project at Children's Hospital and Medical Center Seattle, Washington is dedicated to the interests of brothers and sisters of people with special health and developmental needs.

SPECIFIC THERAPY SITES

• The Handle Institute -- a holistic approach to nero-development and learning efficiency. The HANDLE Institute provides an effective, drug-free alternative for diagnosing and treating postneurodevelopmental disorders across the lifespan. HANDLE incorporates research and techniques from many disciplines. It includes principles and perspectives from medicine, rehabilitation, psychology, education and nutrition. It is founded on an interactive, developmental model of human functioning. The institute offers clinical services, community information, and professional training programs. The HANDLE Institute is a non-profit organization in Seattle, Washington.
• Sensory Integration International
• This document contains selected chapters from the Communication Analyzer User's Guide that may provide useful information to parents, educators, or speech-language pathologists who want to learn to analyze the early productive language development of children. The unique perspective of the Communication Analyzer is to bring together research in pragmatic (intention) and syntactic (structure) language analysis into a common framework.
• <Auditory Integration Therapy at The Counseling Center. -- Auditory Integration Therapy is often applied with successful results in cases of individuals who have been given diagnoses of hyperlexia, autism, dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), pervasive developmental disorder (P.D.D.), Atypical Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Aspergers Syndrome, and Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD).
• The Society for Auditory Integration Training
• The Option Institute The Option Institute offers year 'round programs for individuals, couples, families and groups seeking to improve their quality of life by becoming happier, more effective and more successful, and by finding a deep place of communion with themselves and others. In addition, they assist people challenged by adversity to discover hopeful and loving solutions to their difficulties. For example, The Son-Rise Program for families with special children.
• TEACCH Method

DIETARY INTERVENTION

• An Experimental Intervention For Autism -- Understanding and Implementing a Gluten & Casein Free Diet -- Lisa S. Lewis, Ph.D.
• Collected Net Articles of Dr. Kalle Reichelt --Dr. Reichelt has been researching the impact of gluten intolerance on certain individuals with developmental delays.
• ALLERGY-INDUCED' AUTISM -- We consider the children in our Group to have 'allergy-induced' autism, as all of them have autism that appears to have been triggered by intolerance to many foods and/or chemicals, the main offenders being wheat, cow's milk, corn, sugar and citrus fruits, although each child is different, and may be affected by different substances.
• Excellent site on environmental and food allergies and illnesses/Dietary interventions for children with autism. The Environmental and Preventive Health Center of Atlanta is an innovative medical clinic offering most services involved in the practice of medicine, with a great emphasis on looking into the risk factors for disease, exploring the environmental factors on health and preventing the chronic diseases of mankind.
• Celiac Disease/Gluten Intolerance Web Sites -- an extensive reference to dietary information provided by Don Wiss.
• Text document of Milk Substitutes.

PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY

LEGAL INFORMATION

INTERACTIVE FORUMS

• If your web browser supports USENET style newsgroups, follow this link to news:bit.listserv.autism.
• If you use a news agent client software, the name of the newsgroupis: bit.listserv.autism
• To subscribe to the autism newsgroup using an e-mail interface,send an e-mail messaage to: LISTSERV@SJUVM.STJOHNS.EDU and the first line of your message should read "subscribeautism Firstname Lastname" --- note, use your firstand last name and also make sure you type LISTSERV and not LISTSERVE-- I did that one myself : ) Click here to subscribe.
• Deja News --an excellent utility to search current and past Usenet postings for "Hyperlexia" (or any subject for that matter). Great tool!
• The Autism Channel Link This virtual newspaper was created to help parents and professionals learn more about autism and the people behind the #autism channel on the undernet. Site also has some good web links to all areas of concern (education, legislation, treatments, etc.)

AUTISM, FROM AUTISTIC POINT OF VIEW

UNIVERSITY SITES

• University of California Berkley School of Psychology Page
• The Department of Special Education at the University of Kansas An expansive gateway to links on special education matters.
• The Whole Brain Atlas (Harvard Medical)
• Center for Human Policy Center on Human Policy is a Syracuse University-based policy, research and advocacy organization involved in the movement to insure the rights of people with disabilities. Since it's founding in 1971, the Center has been involved in the study and promotion of open settings (inclusive community opportunities) for people with disabilities.

GENERAL PARENTING

• Kid Source Online The source for in depth and timely education and healthcare information that will make a difference in the lives of parents and their children.
• Family Resources
• The Special Needs Education Network provides Internet services specific to parents, teachers, schools, and other professionals, individuals, groups, and organizations involved in the education of students with special needs.

ORGANIZATIONS

• Fort Worth Autism Society/A>
• The Autism Society of America Home Page
• The Greater Phoenix Chapter Autism Society of America.
• TEACHERS HELPING TEACHERS
• Autism Society of Wisconsin Home Page.
• Learning Disabilities Association home page.
• TheSociety for Auditory Integration Training

COMMERCIAL SITES

• Follow this link to the Special Kids Company! Do you have a child with autism, Down Syndrome, P.D.D., Asperger's, dyslexia or any learning disability? If so, Special Kids -- with our learning videos, CD-ROMs and picture books -- may be the VITAL KEY that can unlock your child's SPEECH, WRITING, READING and SELF-HELP SKILLS. Click here to find out more about Special Kids, and how we're helping children (and even young adults!) with disabilities break through and communicate...in 15 countries around the world!
• Real Life Storybooks - Illana Katz
• Different Roads to Learning, LLC is an on-line catalog specializing in playthings for the learning challenged. This catalog puts together educational toys which stimulate the skills leading to speech and language for learning different children ages 2 to 9. As the parent of a challenged child, finding appropriate playthings is time-consuming and often very frustrating. The toys and materials we offer focus on attention, categorizing, discrimination, concentration, memory, receptive language and fine motor skills.
• Inclusion Press is a small independent press striving to produce readable, accessible, user-friendly books and resources about full inclusion in school, work, and community. Our books are excellent resources for courses and conferences. Write/call for information re bulk rates for schools and voluntary/advocacy organizations. Inclusion Press can recommend packets of materials for your conferences, workshops, staff-development seminars and events.
• Parents Place . This parenting site is a home business, operating under the belief that parents are the best resource for other parents. We offer articles on pregnancy, breastfeeding, baby, adolescence, parenting twins, step-parenting, single parenting, children's health and education, family activities, and more. PLUS, we offer opportunities for parenting dialog and for shopping. Please enjoy our site.

META SITES AND SEARCH ENGINES

• Deja News --an excellent utility to search current and past Usenet postings for "Hyperlexia" (or any subject for that matter). Great tool!
• Reference.com -- another search engine for usenet, mailing lists and web sources.
• Yahoo Disabilities Page Links to disabilities information via this very good Meta-Site.
• EINet Disabilities Page. Links to disabilities information via this fine Meta Site.
• Altavista Search Engine -- so much you'll have to weed through the extraneous.
• The Hyperlexia Page been selected by The McKinley Group's professional editorial team as a "3-Star" site.