ASD Web Links
This page is intended as a resource. It offers a variety of website links under common headings.
It is always under development and suggestions from community members are invited.
If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
Henry David Thoreau
ASD organisations & support groups
| Brisbane ASSN AAQ Education. Qld. AVTs ASD..... Try the ABIQ website for a list of practitioners to assist with ASD and other helpful resources. See also their FREE program for families with a child under 4. The free program involves workshops and a home program etc. | Sydney AANSW | Dawin | Perth | Adelaide | Melbourne |
| New Zealand AANZ | U.S.A. ASA | Italy ANGSA | United Kingdom NAS | Ireland PAPA | EUROPE AutismEurope |
Autistic Spectrum Disorders
Autism
Asperger's Syndrome - DR. TONY ATTWOOD'S WEBSITE (Internationally renowned expert on Asperger's Syndrome based in Brisbane.)
Asperger's Syndrome - good information here too.
High Functioning Autism - Provides a definition of HFA on the continuum.
Social Skills
The link to the site below is to a page set up by parents who found their own version of social stories with the help of their therapist. The social sentences may provide another good resource for people. http://members.tripod.com/~RSaffran/social.html
A paper by Tony Attwood on The Links Between Social Stories, Comic Strip Conversations and the Cognitive Models of Autism and Asperger’s Syndrome - Dr. Tony Attwood January 1998.
http://www.tonyattwood.com/paper5.htm
STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING THE SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF CHILDREN WITH ASPERGER'S SYNDROME see Tony Attwood's website for an
abstract and 50% of the paper published in "Autism" by Sage Publications.
School
"Educating Children with Autism" by Karen Sewell, a teacher in the field of Special Education for over 20 years. Note page 14 "The Academic Environment" and page 15 for a discussion of the "tough love" approach, setting boundaries and enforcing them.
Transition from School to Work
Employment
The Diagnosis
Communication
Sensory Difficulties
Language
Literacy
A really great website with free maths puzzles and games. There is even a diagnostic test students can do and have the resultsemailed to their parents (or teacher I guess).
http://www.xmaths.com.au/home.html
Family Life
Parents
Siblings
Self Injurious Behaviour
Destructive Behaviour
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f a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.
Let him step to the music he hears, however measured or far away.
Henry David Thoreau
Disclaimer: These are links only and no responsibility is accepted for their veracity. Readers follow advise contained in these pages at their own risk.
