Useful Links
Spectrum Disorders
| ADA,
Free consulting service that provides information about job accommodations,
the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and the employability of people
with disabilities |
| Angel's Place,
homes and services for men and women with developmental disabilities |
| Autism
Spectrum Adults Michigan, chat area to provide resource information & support |
| Autism-Michigan,
chat area to provide resource information & support |
| Geneva Centre for Autism,
training, resources and support for individuals with Autism and PDD. |
| Jewish Association for
Residential Care, respite for families with young kids and assisted
living and independent living assistance for older people with developmental
disabilities |
| National Transition
Network, information on planning a teenager's transition from school
to adult life |
| On My Own,
helps teenagers and adults with mild developmental disabilities become
independent, social and contributing members of the community |
| ASC-US, nonprofit
organization providing information and support to individuals, families
and professionals dealing with Asperger Syndrome, Nonverbal Learning Disabilities
(NLD), and related neurologically-based social & communication disorders
on the high-functioning end of the autism spectrum |
| Association for
Science in Autism Treatment, dedicated to disseminating accurate,
scientifically valid information about autism and its treatment options |
| Autism Medical
Center, AMC views autism behavior and other developmental disorders
as manifestations of a physiological disturbance that needs attention,
correction and restoration |
| Autism National Committee
(AUTCOM), Autism advocacy organization dedicated to "Social
Justice for All Citizens with Autism" through a shared vision and
a commitment to positive approaches |
| Autism Network International
(ANI), Autism Network International is an autistic-run self-help
and advocacy organization for autistic people |
| Autism Resources,
information and resources on the developmental disability, Autism |
| Autism,
site for children & teen audience |
| Behavior Analyst Certification
Board (BACB), formed as a result of credentialing needs identified
by behavior analysts, agencies within several state governments, and
consumers of behavior analysis services |
| BHARE foundation,
Brenen Hornstein Autism Research & Education |
| Doug Flutie Foundation,
funding for services for financially disadvantaged families who need assistance
caring for their children with autism |
| Everyday Miracles,
non-profit parent led, community-based support network designed to strengthen,
empower and inform families and communities about children with autism |
| Exceptional Parent
Magazine, on-line and print publication geared to parents of children
with various disabilities |
| Liane Holiday Willey's
ASPIE, Liane's safe and enjoyable virtual hang out for those interested
in learning and sharing about Asperger's Syndrome |
| MAAP
Services, nonprofit organization dedicated to providing information
and advice to families of more advanced individuals with Autism, Asperger's
syndrome, and Pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) |
| Mayo Clinic Autism Information |
| Medical
Training Autism Resources |
| MEDLINEplus Health
Information for the National Library of Medicine, search hundreds
of medical journals, millions of medical abstracts, and the NLM Medical
Subject Headings |
| Nonverbal Learning
Disorder, individuals with this potentially debilitating disorder
generally suffer in silence |
| O.A.S.I.S.,
Asperger's Syndrome Information and Support |
| On the Same Page,
contains a large listing of Autism/Asperger's resources |
| Society for the Autistically
Handicapped, increase awareness of autism, together with well established
and newly developed approaches in the diagnosis, assessment, education
and treatment |
| TEACCH,
information about TEACCH and articles about autism by TEACCH professionals |
| Tony Attwood,
MD., current information on Asperger's Syndrome from the world's
leading expert |
| Unlocking Autism,
opening the doors to autism awareness |
Dietary
| Autism Network for
Dietary Intervention, PO Box 17711, Rochester, NY 14617-0711 |
| Feingold Association
of the US, Box 6550, Alexandria, VA 22306, (703) 768-FAUS |
| GFCF Diet, Gluten
Free, Casein Free Diet |
| Sara's
Diet, PO Box 939, Glen Alpine, NC 28628, (704) 584-4109 |
| Special Diet
for Autism and PDD, What are gluten and casein? Can removing them
from my child's diet really improve the symptoms of autism and Pervasive
Developmental Disorder? |
| Brainchild
Nutritionals, 93 Little Creek Road, Soquel, CA 95073, Phone and fax
(831) 465-0104 |
| Health Dimensions,
Inc., Compounding Pharmacy, 32985 Hamilton Ct., G-200, Farmington
Hills, MI 48334, (248) 489-1573, (800) 836-2303, fax (248) 489-1586 |
| Houston Nutraceuticals,
Inc., Enzyme-based dietary supplements, PO Box 6331, Siloam Springs,
AR 72761-6331, (479) 549-4536, fax (479) 524-2414 |
| Kirkman Laboratories,
Inc., 9285 Dowdy Dr., Ste. 105, San Diego, CA 92126, (800) 694-9118,
orders (877) 365-9265, (858) 549-6225, fax (858) 549-6230 |
| Klaire Laboratories,
140 Marine View Ave., Suite 110, Solana Beach, CA 92075, (858) 350-7880,
(800) 859-8358, fax (858) 350-7883 |
| Mountain Naturals,
20 New England Dr., C-1504, Essex Junction, VT 05453-1504, (800) 992-8451,
fax: (802) 878-0549 |
| University
Compounding, Compounding Pharmacy, 4600 Investment Drive, Suite 100,
Troy, MI 48098, (248) 267-5002 |
Education
| PlaySteps, building
Skills for Special Children. Teaching constructive play skills for children
with autism |
| Prelude
Music Therapy, creating and publishing music therapy strategies and
giving workshops and presentations to professionals, parents, and students |
| Social Skill
Builder, Inc., interactive CD-ROM computer programs that target understanding
and use of every day social skills in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
and other learning/language disorders |
| ABC School
Supply, educational Toys, Supplies, Arts & Crafts, Games, Furniture
and more |
| Centering on Children,
Shoebox Task, innovative learning materials designed for children and adults
with special needs |
| Different Roads
to Learning, Inc., find and present affordable materials to help
our children learn |
| Do2Learn, free
resources, such as 300 picture cards that can be printed, math grids, coloring
pages, art projects, and images to help with the tracing of shapes and
letters |
| Don Johnston Inc.,
products for people who are nonverbal and have physical disabilities |
| Help Us Learn,
complete self-paced training program for preparing parents, educators,
students, teachers, therapists, service providers, friends & family
to use Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) programs to work with children with
Autism Spectrum Disorders, PDD, & other developmental delays |
| Kaplan Company,
quality educational products that help children and educators engage in
interesting activities, thus enhancing learning through play |
| Mayer-Johnson
Co, Educational materials and software geared to aid communication. |
| Picture Exchange Communication
System, variety of training opportunities and products that focus
on the initiation of communication and the design of effective educational
environments utilizing structural and instructional elements |
| Super Duper Publications,
publish and distribute fun, colorful, high quality materials for speech-language
pathologists, special educators, teachers, parents, and caregivers in educational,
home and health care settings |
| Use Visual
Strategies, help provide the necessary tools to improve communication |
| American Hyperlexia
Association, dedicated to the advancement of the education and general
welfare of children with hyperlexia |
| Center for Early Education,
specializes in teaching young children with autism, PDD, and related developmental
disorders |
Educating
Children with Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder, parents'
guide to the diagnosis, treatment and education of children with
Autism, PDD and related disorders. |
Michigan's
Assistive Technology Resource, information services, support materials,
technical assistance, and training to local and intermediate school
districts in Michigan to increase their capacity to address the needs
of students with disabilities for assistive technology
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| Special Abilities,
nonprofit charitable organization dedicated to helping kids in Special
Education in public schools |
Support / Advocacy
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
federal agency for protecting the health and safety of people |
| Department of Health and
Human Services, world's foremost medical research centers, and the
Federal focal point for medical research in the U.S. |
| Department of
Education, promotes educational excellence for all Americans |
| Michigan Department
of Education - Michigan Administrative Rules for Special Education |
| Michigan House of
Representatives, Michigan and National resource pages |
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| Michigan
Legislature, service of the Michigan Legislative Council, the Michigan
House of Representatives, and the Michigan Senate |
| Oakland County,
Oakland County, Michigan Website |
| Oakland
County Gov. Info., Names, E-mails, and phone numbers to Government
Officials |
| Social Security
Administration, information on retirement, disability, survivors
and supplemental security income benefits |
| IDEA Practices,
answers your questions about the Individuals with Disabilities Education
Act and supports your efforts to help ALL children learn, progress, and
realize their dreams. |
| Law
Enforcement Awareness Network, provides first responders with information
and resources that will allow them to better serve individuals affected
by hidden disabilities and mental illness |
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| Wrightslaw,
parents, advocates, educators, and attorneys come to Wrightslaw for accurate,
up-to-date information about effective advocacy for children with disabilities. |
| Autism society of
Michigan, committed to empowering individuals with autism and their
families by offering educational resources and materials, workshops,
seminars and other services |
| Children's
Special Health care Services for Oakland County, medical care and
treatment assistance for children with chronic/severe/disabling health
problems |
| Citizens Alliance
to Uphold Special Education, Michigan's designated statewide parent
training and information center dedicated to helping parents work with
schools to secure the educational success of children with disabilities
and special needs. |
| Dearborn
Speech-Language and Sensory Integration Center, Specializing in feeding
and oral motor skills, articulation disorders, autism spectrum disorders,
speech-language impairment, hearing impairment, voice disorder, sensory
modulation and regulation disorders. |
| Disabilities
Today, a variety of videos on local disability resources |
| Hands-On
Parent Education, Beaumont's HOPE Center provides intervention for
families with preschool-age children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders |
| Jewish
Community Center, non-denominational service that provides and coordinates
programs, classes and services for children and adults with special needs |
| Macomb-Oakland
Regional Center, nonprofit, tax-exempt, human services agency |
Oakland
Schools services, Michigan Department of Education, Educational
Organizations, Legislative Information, and Community Resources
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| Oakland
County Hospitals & Clinics, Hospital/Clinic in and around Oakland
County |
| U of M Autism & Communication
Disorders Center, for fee service dedicated to providing clinical
services |
| United Cerebral
Palsy Association of Detroit, advance the independence of people
with disabilities and to promote opportunities for self determination
and inclusion of people with disabilities into the community |
| Autism Society
of America, Serving the needs of people with autism and their families
through advocacy, education, public awareness, and research since 1965 |
| DisabilityInfo.gov,
One-stop interagency web portal for people with disabilities, their families,
employers, service providers, and other community members |
| Exceptional Parents
of Exceptional Children, resource of information for parents with
special needs children |
| FAAAS, Families of
Adults Afflicted with Asperger's Syndrome |
| Ideal Lives,
dedicated to the parents & professionals supporting individuals with
special needs |
| Learning disabilities
association of America, Advance the education and general welfare
of children and adults of normal or potentially normal intelligence who
manifest disabilities of a perceptual, conceptual, or coordinative nature |
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| National Information
Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, NICHCY is an information
and referral center that provides free information on disabilities and
disability-related issues. Children and youth with disabilities (birth
to age 22) are NICHCY's special focus |
| National Institute
of Child Health and Human Development, one of the primary Institutes
doing research into various aspects of autism, including its causes,
prevalence, and treatments |
| National Institute
on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, part of the US Government,
under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) |
| National Organization
for Rare Disorders (NORD), unique federation of voluntary health
organizations dedicated to helping people with rare "orphan" diseases
and assisting the organizations that serve them |
| PDD/Autism
Successful Strategies, created to provide strategies and share success
stories |
| Support for
siblings, being a sibling of someone with Autism has made me realize
that many things in life require hard work, patience and understanding.
I looked, in vain, for a place to vent. |
Medical
| Alletess
Lab, 216 Pleasant St., P.O. Box 343, Rockland, MD 02370, (617) 871-4426 |
Antibody
Assay Labs, 1715 E. Wilshire, Suite 715, Santa Ana, CA 92705, (714)
972-9979, Fax (714) 543-2034
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| Doctor’s Data,
Customer Service, P.O. Box 111, West Chicago, Illinois 60186, Phone: (800)
323-2784 |
| Great Smokies Diagnostic
Laboratory, 63 Zillicoa St., Asheville, NC 28801-1074, (828) 253-0621 |
| Great
Plains Laboratory, Inc, 11813 West 75th St., Lenexa, KS 66214, (913)
341-8949, Fax (913) 341-6207 |
| Immuno Laboratories,
1620 West Oakland Park Blvd., Fort Lauderdale, FL 33311, (800) 231-9197 |
| Robert
Cade, MD., University of Florida, Department of Physiology, Gainesville,
FL 32611, (352) 392-8952 |
| Autism Autoimmunity
Project, nonprofit organization dedicated to obtaining funding for
independent research addressing immunological and immunogenetic abnormalities
in autism |
| Autism Genetics Resource
Exchange, provides biomaterials and an unprecedented resource of
phenotype and genotype information that is freely available for analysis
by members of the scientific community |
| Autism Research Institute,
4182 Adams Ave., San Diego, CA 92116, Fax (619) 563-6840 |
| Autism Research
Foundation, Moss-Rosene Lab, Suite W701, 715 Albany St., Boston,
MA 02118, (617) 534-5286 |
| Autism
Network Resources for Physicians, site aims to assist the medical
community in its efforts to understand autism and study the treatment
options available in the hopes that someday, the treatments that prove
to be the most beneficial for certain autistic populations are going
to be accepted or recommended by medical providers |
| Autism
Tissue Program, Autism Society of America Foundation, National Alliance
for Autism Research |
| Center for the Study
of Autism, provides information about autism to parents and professionals,
and conducts research on the efficacy of various therapeutic interventions |
| ClinicalTrials.gov:
Autistic Disorder, National Institutes of Health |
| Cure Autism Now
Foundation, organization of parents, physicians, and researchers,
dedicated to promoting and funding research with direct clinical implications
for treatment and a cure for autism |
| Developmental
Delay Research, insight into the resulting diagnoses, or dietary/therapeutic
alternatives |
| Health Research Institute,
leading force in the research and treatment of biochemical imbalances |
| International
Autism Consortium, International group of researchers who are coordinating
studies on the molecular genetics of autism |
| National Alliance for Autism
Research, families and Scientists Promoting Biomedical Research in
Autism |
National
Institute of Mental Health, Working to improve mental health through
biomedical
research on mind, brain, and behavior |
| Pathways
Medical Advocates, to inspire each individual to attain their maximum
human potential by empowering them on their path with our consultative
approach through functional medicine |
| Seaver
Autism Research Center, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Dept. of Psychiatry;
Box 1230, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, (212) 241-2994 |
| Yale
Child Study Center, offers comprehensive, multidisciplinary evaluations
for children and adults with social disabilities, usually focusing on
the issues of diagnosis and intervention |
| Autism
and Vaccine Research, NIH, National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development |
| CDC
- MMR & Autism, The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) is recognized as the lead federal agency for protecting the health
and safety of people - at home and abroad, providing credible information
to enhance health decisions, and promoting health through strong partnerships |
| Healing Center
On-line, Discussion of medical and physical therapies for the treatment
of brain injured children |
| National
Academies Institute of Medicine - MMR Autism Report Summary, In 1863,
the United States Congress created the National Academy of Sciences to
advise the government in scientific and technical matters |
Wellness
| Dr Koop Health Network,
On-line resource led by former US Surgeon General, Dr. C. Everett Koop.
Dedicated to improving the quality of people's lives by empowering them
to improve their health |
| H G Birch Services,
Herbert G. Birch Services offers individuals with disabilities a wide range
of educational, residential, and family support programs |
| Sopris West,
Helping meet the needs of at-risk students |
| Stand for Children,
Stand For Children’s mission is to ensure all children have an opportunity
to grow up healthy, educated, and safe |
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