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Learn more about Autism and Aspergers Syndrome with information about methods of preventing and diagnosing autism and other severe behavioral disorders of childhood. Read the affect autism has on teens in almost every aspect of their social and psychological development Find advice for parents of autistic children.

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• Camp Huntington

  Camp Huntington offers co-ed, residential, summer camps for children and young adults who have special needs such as Autism Spectrum Disorder, Pervasive Developmental Disabilities, and cognitive impairment. Camp Huntington's program is designed to maximize a child's potential and develop their strengths and hidden abilities.

• Equine and Animal Assisted Therapy

  Troubled teens nationwide are reaping the psychological and emotional benefits of animal-assisted therapy, namely, the use of horses, cows, dogs, and cats to help treat a variety of physical and psychological problems. Equine therapy programs are now widely used in residential treatment settings, as a component of outpatient therapy, or in gang-intervention programs and a growing body of evidence shows that horses have a lot to offer humans.

• SIGHT Summer Camps for Asperger's or Autism

  Talisman's SIGHT program allows children with Asperger's and high-functioning autism to enjoy the outdoors while building social skills, increasing self esteem, and helping the participant develop and pursue their own unique interests and goals. Talisman provides parents with unique alternatives to ordinary summer camps that cannot focus on their child's special needs.

• Southeast Journeys

  Southeast Journeys are semester-length programs, for students ages 13 - 17 with Asperger's Syndrome, High-Functioning Autism, and similar Autism Spectrum disorders. The program at Southeast Journeys focuses on improving social awareness and interaction, independence, and academic self-motivation. On and off campus, students practice independent living skills and group dynamics, and engage in focused social skills groups.

• Asperger's Syndrome and Autism Information

  MAAP Services for the Autism and Asperger Syndrome is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing information and advice to families of More advanced individuals with Autism, Asperger's syndrome, and Pervasive developmental disorder (PDD).

• Autism Research Institute

  The Autism Research Institute (ARI), a non-profit organization, was established in 1967. ARI is primarily devoted to conducting research, and to disseminating the results of research, on the causes of autism and on methods of preventing, diagnosing and treating autism and other severe behavioral disorders of childhood. We provide information based on research to parents and professionals throughout the world.

• Autism Society of America

  The mission of the Autism Society of America is to promote lifelong access and opportunity for all individuals within the autism spectrum, and their families, to be fully participating, included members of their community.

• Autism Spectrum Disorders

  Learn what autism is exactly, what the signs and symptoms are, and the types of treatment available and how to find services.

• Autism: The Hidden Epidemic?

  "Autism: The Hidden Epidemic?" is a compilation of NBC News and MSNBC special reports on the subject of America's fastest growing serious developmental disability.

• Center for the Study of Autism

  The Center for the Study of Autism (CSA) is located in the Salem/Portland, Oregon area. The Center provides information about autism to parents and professionals, and conducts research on the efficacy of various therapeutic interventions. Much of our research is in collaboration with the Autism Research Institute in San Diego, California.

• Cure Autism Now (CAN)

  Cure Autism Now (CAN) is an organization of parents, clinicians and leading scientists committed to accelerating the pace of biomedical research in autism through raising money for research projects, education and outreach. The organization's primary focus is to fund essential research through a variety of programs designed to encourage innovative approaches toward identifying the causes, prevention, treatment and a cure for autism and related disorders.

• Facts about Children and Adolescents with Autism

  The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) National Mental Health Information Center provides information about Autism, also called Autistic Disorder. Autism, which usually appears in early childhood, prevents children and adolescents from interacting normally with other people and affects almost every aspect of their social and psychological development.

• talkAutism

  talkAutism's interactive databases allows the autism community access to up-to-date resources and perspectives, while it builds a database for future inquiries. talkAutism also develops complementing new communication technologies to connect and assist the autism community.