Autism, Aspergers, Savants and related issues

BOOKS and VIDEOS in our library

• Asperger's syndrome: a guide for parents and professionals

• Asperger syndrome: a practical guide for teachers

• Bright Splinters of the Mind: A Personal Story of Research with Autistic Savant

• Different minds: gifted children with AD/HD, Asperger syndrome, and other learning deficits

• Extraordinary People:  Understanding Savant Syndrome

• Sibling Stories: Reflections on Life with a Brother or Sister on the Autism Spectrum

• Strangers in a familiar land (videorecording)

• Succeeding in college with Asperger syndrome : a student guide

• Thinking in Pictures: and Other Reports from My Life with Autism

• Additional material found in our library catalog on Autism

Selected Articles from our databases

• Increase in Autism

• Henderson, Lynette: Asperger's Syndrome in Gifted Individuals from Gifted Child Today, Summer 2001 v24 i3 p28.

• Little, Cindy: Which is it? Asperger's syndrome or giftedness? Defining the difference from Gifted Children Today, Wntr 2002 v25 i1 p58.

• A Secret Syndrome from Bulletin of Higher Education, 10/14/2005, Vol. 52 Issue 8, pA10-A11, 2p, 2c.

Suggested databases for finding additional information include

• Academic Search Premier

• ERIC

• Expanded Academic ASAP

• Health Reference Center Academic

• Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition

Selected Internet Articles

• Asperger syndrome from childhood into adulthood from Advances in Psychiatric Treatment (2004)10:341-351.

• Geek Syndrome from Time

Click here to find other Articles in our databases

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