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An article by Anna van der Post on 'Autism Sunday 2010' - The International Day of Prayer for Autism and Asperger's Syndrome.
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Lawrence Kim Peek 1951-2009
Anna van der Post remembers Kim Peek, the inspiration for the character of Raymond Babbit in the film Rain Man.
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The Disabilities Trust
An article about The Disabilites Trust - a leading national charity providing quality care, rehabilitation and support for people with complex disabilities across the UK.
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How to choose a school for a child with special needs
Here, Sarah Ebner, Times Online - SchoolGate, discusses Choosing a School for a Child with Special Needs
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But there's help for people like you!
When I tell people about the trials of my life with a teenage son with Aspergers they always comfort themselves by saying 'but there's help for people like you'.
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The Classification of Aspergers - an emotional and clinical quandary
A controversial debate is raging in America over the the proposed reclassification of Asperger's Syndrome in Psychiatry's diagnostic manual.
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bfk Books Interview
Read Vicky's interview with Anna Van Der Post and find out how asteens was started and why we wrote a book. You can also read Anna's views on the Autism Act. Please support Vicky all you can in the wonderful work she does raising funds for The Disabilities Trust
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Omega 3
According to scientists, we need to dramatically increase our intake of omega 3 fatty acids and reduce our intake of omega 6 fatty acids to achieve a healthy balance. It is a controversial debate with all sorts of vested interests at stake.
As manufacturers add omega 3 to a whole host of products, consumers can be left confused in the face of claim and counter claim. What can they believe? What is in the products we buy anyway, and how much does it matter?
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Living with Asperger's Syndrome
Tim Page, author of "Parallel Play: Growing Up with Undiagnosed Asperger's" and a Pulitzer Prize winning music critic, will discuss the effects of Asperger's syndrome on his life and coping mechanisms he uses to treat it.
He was online Tuesday, October 27, at 1 p.m. ET to take questions.
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Take the AQ Test
Psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen and his colleagues at Cambridge's Autism Research Centre have created the Autism-Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, as a measure of the extent of autistic traits in adults. In the first major trial using the test, the average score in the control group was 16.4. Eighty percent of those diagnosed with autism or a related disorder scored 32 or higher. The test is not a means for making a diagnosis, however, and many who score above 32 and even meet the diagnostic criteria for mild autism or Asperger's report no difficulty functioning in their everyday lives.
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Aspie Quiz
The goal of this test is to give a reliable indication of autism spectrum traits in adults.
You can choose to participate in their long-time evaluation of score-changes over time and help them to calibrate the test or go directly to the simplified test.
Detailed results are available in a downloadable pdf file.
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Genetic Marker Linked To Problem Behaviors In Adults With Developmental Disabilities
A common variation of the gene involved in regulating serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain may be linked to problem behaviors in adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities, new research indicates.
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Autism Study Finds Visual Processing 'Hinders Ability' To Read Body Language The way people with autism see and process the body language of others could be preventing them from gauging people's feelings, according to new research.
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Adults with Autism With an estimated half a million adult autistics in this country, Mike Embley explores the autistic mind and asks why so many people are diagnosed later in life.
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Fear factor: The genetics of anxiety Tolstoy declared that every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. After 100 years of genetics, psychologists might disagree.
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The Links Between Diet and Behaviour Report of an inquiry held by the Associate Parliamentary Food and Health Forum - Download PDF here.... There's also some interesting information on Nutrition and Autism.
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Why teenagers can't see your point of view An article published in New Scientist in February 09. If a child has Asperger's AND is going through adolescence, no wonder we have had such a tough time and no wonder things ease with age!
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Sensory Booklet East Sussex County Council have produced a very informative document on Sensory Issues in autism which can be downloaded from their web-site.
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DLA Forms Here is a detailed document on suggestions for completing your DLA forms. Other organisations that may help include your local Citizens Advice Bureau; your social worker; also for residents in Wales, an organisation called SNAP may be useful. The forms are apparently due to change soon - check out this website.
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Is Integration Just a Pipe Dream? When it comes to cultural diversity the British have always been viewed as being quite tolerant of differences.
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Girls and Aspergers It has been said that there are 9 boys for every girl with Aspergers.
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Things To Celebrate About Aspergers It is all to easy to get so bogged down by the day to day struggles and accumulated exhaustion that can come from caring for children with Aspergers, that we forget to cherish the positive.
This small article refers to professionals across the board. I include in this - educational psychologists, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses, social workers, educationalists.
Satellite Schools Trying to find a workable solution to ensure that the concept of inclusion can be achieved without disadvantaging the very child it is designed to help, is quite a challenge. Read more...
Temple Grandin Lecture delivered by Temple Grandin, a noted expert and author on early intervention, educational strategies, visual thinking, social skills, medications and mentoring.
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Home-schooling Arguments in support of home education.