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Pretending to be Normal: Living with Asperger's Syndrome -- Liane Holliday Willey describes her life with AS from the inside.
Autism and Asperger Syndrome, by Uta Frith -- the standard work on AS. Including Hans Asperger's original paper.
M E N U
Newsbriefs, 17 April 1998
Web posted at 17-Apr-98 04:28 Central European Time
- RacineCounty.com: Teacher building bridges for kids
Wisconsin teacher honoured for mainstreaming autistic children
This weekend, Julie Arens, teacher in Racine County, Wisconsin, will be awarded by the state's Autism Society chapter as one of the educators who helped it make possible to put children on the autistic spectrum in regular classrooms, rather than residential care or a severe classroom. Known as the "district autism specialist" in Unified schools, she handles not just her own students but also goes to other schools to observe and advise.- Yahoo Daily News: Orphaned children missing
Chicago: Orphaned autistic child and sister missing
The FBI is assisting police in a search for the missing children of a slain couple found stabbed to death in their basement apartment on the Northwest Side. Investigators say the whereabouts of the three-year-old autistic boy, Santiago, and his two-month-old sister Maria may hold the key to the death of their parents, who were found dead late Wednesday.- Yahoo/UPI: People, April 14
- Yahoo Full Coverage: Grease Again
New Jersey: Film cast raises funds for school
The cast of Grease has come together for more than just a promotional tour for the movie's 20th anniversary re-release. The gang from Rydell High has also joined with cast member Didi Conn for a project to raise funds for a school for autistic children in New Jersey.- MSN News: Britain faces epidemic after MMR scare
- InternAUT News: Parents, vaccine policymakers clash over research
British Chief Medical Officer warns against refusing to vaccinate
Britain could be hit by a wave of epidemics if parents continue refusing to let their children have the multiple measles, mumps and rubella vaccine, the Government's Chief Medical Officer warned. Sir Kenneth Calman said he was "deeply concerned" by the large number of parents abandoning the MMR jab amid fears of a link with autism and bowel disorders.- Autism Society of North Carolina, Inc.