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Research Papers and Descriptions of Asperger Syndrome

Many of the follow papers have been translated into other languages. Please visit the International area of OASIS for links to AS and Autism resources throughout the world.

Asperger Syndrome vs. NLD
This is a link to NLDline which includes links to papers which compare AS to NLD.
Asperger’s Syndrome in Women: A Different Set of Challenges? By Catherine Faherty. This article was originally published in the July 2002 Issue of Future Horizon's, Autism Digest. This link it to a reprint on the Autism Today Web site.
Is Asperger’s syndrome/High-Functioning Autism necessarily a disability? By Simon Baron-Cohen. This a link to another web site belonging to Laurence Arnold.
Asperger Syndrome: A Clinical Account by Lorna Wing. This 1981 paper brought AS to the attention of researchers. The paper is located on the Surrey Branch of the National Autistic Society (UK) webpage. Visit their Main Page.
"Asperger Syndrome" Stephen Bauer, M.D., M.P.H., Newly revised, this paper includes clinical features of AS, takes you from pre-school to adulthood and gives some tips on school considerations. To read a version of this paper in Spanish Click Here or, for a copy in Portugese Click Here
Five Survival Strategies To Help Children With Asperger's Syndrome Overcome Inertia by George T. Lynn, M.A., C.M.H.C.
Asperger Syndrome General information about AS prepared by the Yale University Childstudy Center. This group consists of some of the top researchers in the field of Pervasive Developmental Disorders and this page links to their ongoing AS research project.
"Asperger Syndrome-Some Guidelines for Assessment, Diagnosis and Intervention" Ami Klin, PhD and Fred R. Volkmar, M.D. (Yale Child Study Center) in conjunction with LDA (Learning Disability Association).
"Asperger Syndrome: Treatment and Intervention--Some Guidelines for Parents" Ami Klin, PhD and Fred R. Volkmar, M.D. (Yale Child Study Center) LDA Conference March, l996. To view this paper in Spanish Click Here
"Asperger Syndrome Presents Special Challenges for Nurses"
Barbara Kirby, Patricia Romanowski Bashe,and Phyllis Class, RN.
"Asperger's Syndrome, High Functioning Autism, and Disorders of the Autistic Continuum" by Sally Bloch-Rosen, PhD. Read this paper on Dr. Bloch-Rosen's AS website.
"A Follow-Up Study of High Functioning Children with Asperger Syndrome and Autism" (NOTE: this paper has gone missing. If anyone knows a correct URL please contact me) This is a link to the "Research" area of the webpage of the Dr. Peter Szatmari's Autism/PDD Research Team at Chedoke McMaster University in Ontario, Canada. Scroll down to read the study results. Click Here to visit their main page which contains information on their research studies, research newsletters, educational resources and more.
"Blinded by Their Strengths: The Topsy-Turvy World of Asperger's Syndrome" Diane Twachtman-Cullen, PhD., CCC-SLP
A survival guide for people with Asperger Syndrome This is a booklet that was written by an AS adult named Marc Segar. Marc passed away in 1997, but he left us something very special. In 1996 he mailed me a copy of his book, but but I was happy to find it online. Please visit this site.
Pervasive Developmental Disorders by Luke Y. Tsai, M.D. This is a link to a very good paper on PDD-NOS located on the NICHCY webpage. It describes all five pervasive developmental disorders (of which AS is one).
"Multimedia Connections: A Case Study of A child with Asperger's Syndrome Anthony R. Forder, ME.d.
Asperger's Syndrome Info. Package This is a direct link to the Autism Society of America Web Page. Please take time to look through entire site at www.autism-society.org , it's an excellent resource.
"Nonverbal Learning Disorders" by Sue Thompson, M.A., C.E.T. If your child is diagnosed with AS or you're searching for a dx, please read this paper. AS and NLD have a lot in common.
"Peaceful Coexistence" Autism, Asperger's, Hyperlexia Written by Lynn Richman and published in the American Hyperlexia Association Newsletter. Link to the AHA site.
"Autism, Asperger's Syndrome, and Semantic-pragmatic disorder: Where are the boundaries?" This paper by D.V.M. Bishop compares the disorders. This is a link off a UK web page.
"Asperger Syndrome" Written by Stephen Edelson, PhD and a link to his Autism Page.
"What Is Asperger's Syndrome?" from the Autism Society Ontario
Bibliography Follow this link to the National Institute of Health PubMed Retrieval for a list of current research papers
Bibliography: Asperger's Syndrome Donated by The Geneva Centre, Toronto, Ontario Canada.

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