autism
21Autism Network International — (ANI) is an advocacy organization run by and for autistic people. ANI s principles involve the anti cure perspective, the perspective that there should not be a goal to cure people of autism.AutreatAutreat is a United States retreat and… …
22Autism therapies — A three year old with autism points to fish in an aquarium, as part of an experiment on the effect of intensive shared attention training on language development.[1] Autism therapies attempt to lessen the deficits and …
23Autism spectrum — The term autism spectrum is often used to describe disorders that are currently classified as pervasive developmental disorders. Pervasive developmental disorders include Autistic Disorder, Asperger s Disorder, Childhood Disintegrative Disorder,… …
24Autism Awareness Campaign UK — The Autism Awareness Campaign – United Kingdom was launched in 2000 by Ivan and Charika Corea in response to the autism diagnosis of their son, Charin. ObjectivesAccording to their website, Autism Awareness Campaign – United Kingdom was started… …
25Autism Spectrum Quotient — The Autism Spectrum Quotient, or AQ, is a questionnaire published in 2001 by Simon Baron Cohen and his colleagues at the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge, UK. Consisting of fifty questions, it aims to investigate whether adults of normal… …
26Autism Society of America — The Autism Society of America (ASA) was founded in 1965 by Bernard Rimland, PhD, and claims to be the oldest and largest grassroots organization in the autism community with over 50,000 members and supporters connected through a network of nearly …
27Autism Treatment Trust — The Autism Treatment Trust, a Glasgow, Scotland based charity, was established in 2006 by the autism advocacy group Action Against Autism, whose mission is predicated on the belief that every child diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) …
28Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule — The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) is a standardized protocol created in 1989 for assessing social and communicative behavior associated with autism. The protocol consists of a series of structured and semi structured tasks that… …
29Autism service dog — An autism service dog is a service dog trained to assist a person with autism, to help them gain independence, confidence, and the ability to perform activities of daily living similar to anyone else. For the most part, these dogs are trained to… …
30Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised — The Autism Diagnostic Interview Revised (ADI R) is structured interview conducted with the parents of individuals who have been referred for the evaluation of possible autism or autism spectrum disorders. The interview covers the referred… …
