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Related Disorders: Descriptions and Links
- Asperger Syndrome vs. NLD
This is a link to NLDline which includes links to papers which compare AS to NLD.
- "Kids Called Nerds: Challenges and Hope For Children With Mild Pervasive Developmental Disorders" by Nicholas Putnam, M.D.
- NLD on the Web This is a link
to the New comprehensive website for Nonverbal Learning Disability. This " must visit" site includes papers, resources and will be adding a message board system within the next few week.
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"Nonverbal Learning Disorders"
by Sue Thompson, M.A., C.E.T.
If your child is diagnosed with AS or you're searching for a diagnosis,
please read this paper. AS and NLD have a lot in common.
- "Autism,
Asperger's Syndrome, and Semantic-pragmatic disorder: Where are the boundaries?"
This paper by D.V.M. Bishop compares the disorders. This page from the UK has a very large collections of articles on
Semantic-Pragmatic Disorder.
Click Here to 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)
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PDD-NOS Link to the Yale University Web Site.
- PDD
excerpted from *Newslink, (Autism Society Ontario) April 1991.
- Larri's
PDD-NOS/Autism Page This great site is the page
of a woman who is diagnosed with PDD-NOS.
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NLDline
Information on Nonverbal Learning Disablities.
- Tera's NLD
Jumpstation
This is a wonderful NLD page created by a young woman with NLD.
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"Semantic Pragmatic Disorder"
This article is by Margo Sharp,
Chief Speech and Language Therapist at Heatherlands Language Unit, England, U.K.
Link to AHA site
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Semantic-Pragmatic Disorder This is a
wonderful resource for SPD. Many articles, links, message board. Excellent site.
Apraxia
This is a link to the Childhood Apraxia of Speech Association
Of North America (CASANA)
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Savant Syndrome This is a link to a very interesting web site on Savant Syndrome.
put together by Darold Treffert, M.D., who is the author of the book
Extraordinary People: Understanding the Savant Syndrome
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"Peaceful Coexistence" Autism, Asperger's,
Hyperlexia by Lynn Richman. Published in the American Hyperlexia Association Newsletter. Link to the AHA site.
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American Hyperlexia Association (AHA)
If your child exhibits a precocious ability to read words or is fascinated with letters or numbers, please visit the American Hyperlexia Association web page. AHA also sponsors a listserv support
group for those interested in Hyperlexia.
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Dysgraphia: Causes and Treatment by Renee M. Newman
- Dysgraphia
"Diagnosis and Intervention Strategies for Disorders of Written Language"
by Margaret J. Kay, Ed.D.
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Dysgraphia:When Writing
is a Problem This is a link from a web site on dyslexia.
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Dysgraphia: What it is and What it isn't
from the LDInfo Webpage.
- LDonline
This is a link to a wonderful site on learning disabilities.
Of particular interest and pertaining to Dysgraphia, is
"How Computers Change the Writing Process for People with Learning Disabilities" an article by Richard Wanderman.
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E-book on ADHD by Martin L. Kutschner, MD,
Assistant Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology, New York Medical College. This link is
to a free, online book on ADHD.
- www.addresources.org This is a new national non-profit organization for people with ADD.
It features articles by national ADHD authorities as well as adults with ADHD. In addition, they host
the National ADHD Directory which has over 550 service providers listed.
- CHADD
Link to National Support Group
for Attention Deficit Disorder
- Tourette's Syndrome Plus
This is a wonderful web site offering information, support, advocacy, and help
for patients, their families, teachers, and clinicians.
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National Tourette Syndrome Association
Link to this organizations' homepage.
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Child and Adolescent Bipolar Foundation This is a wonderful
resource for information on early onset bipolar
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Obsessive Compulsive Foundation
Site for information on OCD including, papers and articles, messageboards,
support group listings, "Ask the Expert", and more.
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Bipolar Not Bonkers
This is a personal page by a woman
diagnosed with Bipolar (Manic-Depressive). It has many links to other
sites about Bipolar.
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Prosopagnosia-Face Blind This is a web
page about Face Blindness.
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