"BRAINSTORMING NEW LEARNING: One child at a time
Outside the World: A Sister's Search To Understand Her Brother's Strange and Extrodinary Life
"Bright but shunned: Talented, quirky children struggle with a form of autism called Asperger's"
"The Geek Syndrome Autism - and its milder cousin Asperger's syndrome -
is surging among the children of Silicon Valley. Are math-and-tech genes to blame?"
"The Boy Who Couldn't Make Friends"
.."The physically disabled have made considerable progress in
the workforce. But despite record unemployment and a
critical shortage of skilled IT workers, those with mental or
intellectual disabilities remain largely invisible to employers..."
Make sure you also check out "Helping Children Interact", another wonderful article by
Suzanne Wilson which is a link from the first article.
This article was written by the parent of a child who feels that her son's autism was cured
by dietary changes.
Asperger's Syndrome Q & A with Barbara Kirby
An article and interview on Asperger Syndrome by reporter John O'Neil.
At this site you'll also find the transcript from the AOL/New York Times "Ask The Experts" Live Event
featuring, Fred Volkmar, MD (Yale University), Barb Kirby (OASIS) and John O'Neil (NYT).
You'll have to register with the Times to read the articles; but there
is no cost to do so.
This is a link to the transcript of the Dateline Program which featured the use of music
to help with social skills for AS and Autistic children. NOTE:This link is gone. I'm looking for the
transcript
"Summer camp offers autistic children a chance to be normal"
Rebroadcast on June 21, l998 at 3PM on CBC Newsworld
Stranger In a Familiar Land
This segment about Asperger Syndrome was shown on the Canadian Broadcasting System last
Winter and rebroadcast on June 21, l998.
To purchase a videotape or transcript please contact Bowdens at 1-800-363-1281
From COMPUTERWORLD Online Magazine
"Autistics offer unique computing skills"
Article about new brain science and shadow syndromes includes
sidebar on Asperger Syndrome.
Click Here
to read the sidebar.
"A Life Not Yet Figured Out: 9-year-old deals with Autism"
This article is about a young man who is diagnosed with High Functioning Autism.
Articles: "Computer Savants", "Autistics in the Workplace", and
"My Coding Just Flys"
Follow this link to
Computer World This
will link you to their main page, do a search using the word
AUTISM this will
lead you to the articles.
"Life with Charlie"
"If having a child changes everything, how about
having a child with a disability? It's a life of routine: doctors'
bills and Special-Education classes, small victories and endless worries. One family's story." This is a wonderful article about
life with a child who is diagnosed with AS.
"Is My Son Normal?"
This excellent article is the story of one family's journey to find
the appropriate diagnosis for their son. Asperger's Syndrome is often difficult to
diagnose and Sarabeth's story is familiar to many of us.
"When Jerry Met Mary"
Program segment about Jerry & Mary Newport
For Transcripts (in USA only) call 1-800-777-TEXT or 1-201-992-6600, 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week.
Canadian orders: write to Burrelle's, P.0. Box 7, Livingston, NJ 07039
No orders accepted outside of Canada and the US. Or, Click Here to read a copy of the interview.
Videos are available directly from CBS News 1-800-934-NEWS.
NBC NEWS PRESENTED: "AUTISM THE HIDDEN EPIDEMIC".
The Today Show, The Nightly News with Brian Williams, CNBC, MSNBC, NBC Owned television
stations, Telemundo, and MSNBC.com looked at autism from all angles.
For information on how to order a DVD of all NBC autism programming (pay postage only), please visit
www.autismspeaks.org
The Jane Pauley Show
They will re-broadcast their October 1, 2004 program on AS. For times please check your local listings or
visit their web site. Make sure you set your VCR since they will not have copies of the show available.
National Public Radio
Fresh Air with Terry Gross
Interview with comedian and writer Dan Aykroyd in which he mentions that he has mild AS.
Lost Boys - Autism and My Son
by Lou Schuler. This is an article from MENS HEALTH MAGAZINE.
60 Minutes
Jerry and Mary
Newport. Exactly 8 years ago from this date, 60 Minutes interviewed Jerry and Mary Newport. What's happened since
then is the subject of this program.
National Public Radio
The Morning Edition Program
"Camp Teaches Autistic Children How to Fit In
Learning Crucial Social Skills Can Widen World For Some"
To listen to this program about a Washington, D.C. camp for AS children please click on above link
to NPR and then search for Asperger Syndrome.
NPR FRESH AIR PROGRAM
Asperger's Syndrome
Terry Gross interviews Dr. Fred Volkmar (Yale Childstudy Center) and Michael Carley (GRASP) about
Asperger Syndrome
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Answer, but No Cure, for a Social Disorder That Isolates Many
by Amy Harmon
This article from the front page of the New York Times discusses Asperger Syndrome
in adults.
Girls, Boys and Autism
by Geoffrey Cowley
Lessons From the Little Professor Asperger's Syndrome: 'Wired Differently--
Not Defectively'
by Lisa Barrett
PBS will air a documentary on autism.
The P.O.V. Program will broadcast the
documentary film titled, "Refrigerator Mothers". The film views a generation that
blamed mothers for their children's autism. Check your local listings for times and dates.
Experiment Offers Look Through Eyes of Autism
by John O'Neil
This article discusses some of current research being conducted as part of the AS/Autism
Study at the Yale University Child Study Center.
Rebecca Landa, MD of Kennedy Kreiger in Maryland and Valerie Paradiz, author of Elijah's Cup discuss Asperger
Syndrome and High Functioning Autism on the Rehm Show on National Public Radio.
Listen to an online archive of the program at: http://www.wamu.org/dr/
Discussion of Asperger Syndrome and Autism Spectrum Disorders. Including an interview
with Lorna Wing
Click Here
to listen to the program.
Cover Story: "The Secrets of Autism"
There are several articles about Autism and Asperger Syndrome. Also included are three first person accounts,
a photo essay and an article on vaccinations.
Detroit-area services offer innovative ways to help with motion, muscle control and autism"
By Particia Ansett
Free Press Medical Writer
by Alec Wilkinson
This article is a feature in "UpFront">
By Anne Williams
By Steve Silberman
by Lori Miller Kase. This article is currently online at the Parents' Magazine webpage, but is also
available in print.
May 21, 2001
Social Studies: Helping Children with Asperger's Syndrome
by Rosie Mestel (Los Angeles Times)
Boston Globe, March 29, 2001.
This New York Times article from
March 15, 2001 discusses the case of Darius McCullom.
April 8, 2001
Bright Children Who Have a Tough Disorder
By Gloria A. Hoffner
Asperger's children miss social cues
By Barbara F. Meltz
October 26, 2000
Struggling with Life: Asperger Syndrome Makes Fitting In A Complicated Challenge
This program highlights three children with AS and interviews Fred Volmar, MD from Yale.
Text and Video can be downloaded from this site.
August 7, 2000
A Chance Like No Other For Autistic Children
by Paige Parker
August 7, 2000
Fitting In
by Susan Glarion
August 7, 2000
Condition Bears Gifts, Frustrations
by Liz Seymour
July 31, 2000
Understanding Autism
by Geoffrey Cowley
June 18, 2000
The Little Professor Syndrome
by Lawrence Osborne
May 20, 2000
Asperger Syndrome Presents Special Challenges for Nurses
Barbara Kirby, Patricia Romanowski Bashe,and Phyllis Class, RN
May 21, 2000
"The Invisible Workforce"
by Gary Anthes
April 1, 2000
The Struggle with Asperger's
by Suzanne Wilson
March, 2000
We Cured Our Son's Autism
By Karyn Seroussi
February 27, 2000
"Social Insecurity"
by Allison Ijams Sargent.
This is wonderful
article about Asperger Syndrome.
December 28, 1999
"New Theories Explain Mysteries of Autism"
This is an article on theories of autism.
October 31, 1999
"Seeing Past the Obstacles"
by Liz Seymour
This is a short article by Liz Seymour about College and Disablities.
October 18, 1999
"Asperger Syndrome Explained"
by Emily Senay, CBS Health Correspondent
For a written transcript of this program please
Click Here
to order a copy from Burrelles. To order a video tape of a CBS THIS MORNING broadcast, call 800-934-NEWS
April 6, 1999
"A Syndrome With a Mix of Skills and Deficits"
by John O'Neil.
by John O'Neil
July 23, 1998
by Jenny Labalme
June 3, l998
by Gary Anthes
January 26, l998
by Susan Levine
April 14, l997
by Gary Anthes
December, 1996
by John Anderson
NOVEMBER, 1996
by Sarabeth F.
September 29, 1996
Leslie Stahl's interview with Jerry and Mary was broadcast on the 60 Minutes program
on 9/29/96. Jerry and Mary are a couple and both are diagnosed with AS.
If you'd like to learn more,
please see the links to the Jerry Newport Home page listed in the
"Our View" Section of O.A.S.I.S.
Home to O.A.S.I.S.