Autism & Autism Resources Links

• Autism Society of America (ASA) is the oldest autism association in the United States.
  
  
• The National Autistic Society is the United Kingdom's national autism society. Uta Frith is one of the major internationally-known professionals active in the world of autism.
  
  
• PAN-L - Parents and Autistics Network List is an e-mail list run by Carolyn Baird in Australia targeted at family members and individuals with autism. There are many participants from the United States, but also from around the world.
  
  
• Health and Disability-Related Web Sites from the UK - lots of links, maybe a little different perspective (and different "autism heros") than here in the United States.
  
  
• Austim Network International is a self-advocacy group for and by persons with autism and ASD's. Jim Sinclair is the list owner and moderator. Jim has a strongly competitve viewpoint advocating that autism should be accepted and welcomed, not changed or "fixed". The site is strong on self-advocacy, holding the position that the best advocates for autism are those who have autism. Persons without autism are welcome if they are willing to live within the guidelines and philosophies that guide the site.
  
  
• Autism Speaks - the new merged organization of Autism Speaks, National Alliance for Autism Research (NAAR) and Cure Autism Now (CAN). This organization is relatively young - founded in 2005, but is having good success in funding research, media exposure, etc.
  
  
• MAAP (More Advanced Autistic People) Services Inc. is located in Indiana, USA, and provides excellent information focused more on "high functioning" ASD persons.
  
  
• Cure Autism Now (CAN) has merged with Autism Speaks. This link is to the CAN web site, which will, presumably, eventually go away.
  
  
• Indiana Resource Center for Autism (IRCA) is one of eight centers supported by the Indiana Institute on Disability and Community, and is affiliated with Indiana University, Bloomington. IRCA staff conduct outreach training and consultations, engage in research, and develop and disseminate information focused on building the capacity of local communities, organizations, and families to support children and adults across the autism spectrum in typical work, school, home, and community settings. IRCA has been a long time friend and close partner of the Autism Society of Indiana. Cathy Pratt, Ph.D. serves as IRCA Program Director.
  
  
• Another Autism Links Page - this page has additional links to sites relating to autism. It duplicates some of the links on this page (or the other way around, depending on your perspective), but includes more description of the sites.
  
  
• Families for Early Autism Treatment (FEAT) is a Northern California (United States) organization.
  
  
• Autism Society of Wisconsin (USA) is the Wisconsin state organization of the Autism Society of America.
  
  
• Autism Society of Indiana (USA) is the Indiana state organization of the Autism Society of America.