Child Study Center educational specialists go beyond the traditional assessments by reviewing and discussing results with parents, educators, and the child. Together, an effective plan is developed and practical solutions are provided. Members of the multi-disciplinary evaluation team meet with the parents, the child, and the school to develop recommendations and to delineate a plan to achieve the desired results. General recommendations are fine-tuned for a child's home environment and school situation to reach beyond behavioral, educational, and language related goals.
Information on Autism Spectrum Disorders
Autism Information Center
National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30333
Tel: (404) 639-3311
TTY: (404) 639-3312 (TTY)
www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dd/ddautism.htm
Autism Research Institute
4182 Adams Avenue
San Diego, CA 92116
Tel: (619) 281-7165
www.autism.com/ari
Conducts research on the causes of autism and on the methods of preventing, diagnosing, and treating autism and other severe behavioral disorders of childhood. Research results are disseminated to parents and professionals worldwide through its quarterly newsletter.
Autism Science Foundation
419 Lafayete Street, 2nd floor
New York, NY 10003
Tel: 914 552 1580
www.autismsciencefoundation.org
The Autism Science Foundation's mission is to support autism research by providing funding and other assistance to scientists and organizations conducting, facilitating, publicizing and disseminating autism research. The organization also provides information about autism to the general public and serves to increase awareness of autism spectrum disorders and the needs of individuals and families affected by autism.
Autism Speaks
2 Park Avenue
11th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Phone: (212) 252-8584
Fax: (212) 252-8676
http://www.autismspeaks.org/index.php
Autism Speaks is dedicated to accelerating and funding biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatments and cure for autism spectrum disorders; to increasing awareness of the nation's fastest growing developmental disorder; and to advocating for the needs of affected families.
Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue
Suite 650
Bethesda, MD 20814-3015
Tel: (800) 328-8476
www.autism-society.org
The mission of this organization is to promote lifelong access and opportunities for persons within the autism spectrum and their families so that they can be included as members of their communities through advocacy, public awareness, education, and research related to autism. It publishes a newsletter, holds an annual conference, and offers autism information packages.
Medline Plus - Asperger's Syndrome
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/aspergerssyndrome.html
A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. Includes information in Spanish.
Medline Plus - Autism
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/autism.html
A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health. Includes information in Spanish.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institutes of Health
Bldg 31, Room 2A32, MSC 2425
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-2425
Tel: (800) 370-2943
www.nichd.nih.gov
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Public Information and Communications Branch
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 8184, MSC 9663
Bethesda, MD 20892-9663
Tel: (301) 443-4513, Toll-free: (866) 615-NIMH (6464)
Fax: (301) 443-4279
www.nimh.nih.gov
http://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/autism-spectrum-disorders-pervasive-developmental-disorders/index.shtml
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Information Clearinghouse
National Institutes of Health
31 Center Drive, MSC 2320
Bethesda, MD USA 20892-2320
Tel: (800) 241-1044
TTY: (800) 241-1055
www.nidcd.nih.gov
National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD)
55 Kenosia Avenue
PO Box 1968
Danbury, CT 06813-1968
Tel: (203) 744-0100
Voicemail: (800) 999-NORD (6673)
Fax: (203) 798-2291
www.rarediseases.org
Organization for Autism Research
2000 North 14th Street
Suite 480
Arlington, VA 22201
Tel: (703) 243-9710
http://www.researchautism.org/
