Cell Phones for Autism

Know the early signs of autism and check to see if your child exhibits them.

Feb 8, 2010

Shannon Johnson and I speak with Dr. Susan Wilczynski of the National Autism Center. We cover a range of topics including evidence based practices. We pay particular attention to an educators’ field guide the National Autism Center put together for educators of children on the autism spectrum. You can see a copy of that guide here. Here is some more about Dr. Wilczynski from her website: Dr. Wilczynski is the Executive Director of the National Autism Center. In her role as Chair of the National Standards Project, she has worked in collaboration with experts from around the country in order to establish national standards for the treatment of individuals on the autism spectrum. Under Dr. Wilczynski’s leadership, the National Autism Center has recently published Evidence-based Practice and Autism in the Schools. This resource manual for educators is being distributed to school systems across the country. It is the first in a series of manuals to support families, educators, physicians, and service providers.

Established as a nonprofit research organization, the International Center for Autism Research and Education (ICARE) in New York City was founded by Joshua Weinstein in 2004. The goal of ICARE is to conduct research while spurring collaborative programs among similar institutions to build consensus. Among our premier objectives is that icare’s extensive research data bank collect research from all segments of autism research and classifies it into prospective categories. This will enable researchers worldwide to access information in all areas including genetics, education, biologic factors, treatment, etc.. We are located at 1285 Avenue of the Americas, 35th floor, NY NY 10019 Phone: 212.537.9087 Fax:646.417.7477 Email us at info@icare4autism.org

From The Kennedy Krieger Institute

Learn more about the Interactive Autism Network with Dr. Paul Law, Director of Medical Informatics at the Kennedy Krieger Institute. Dr. Law is the principal investigator overseeing the development of a national online autism database that will serve as a shared resource to centralize registration of families and individuals with autism spectrum disorders and connect them with researchers, parents and other individuals with autism throughout the country and the world. In addition to supporting scientific investigation, it will provide individuals and families affected by autism with unprecedented information about the experiences of others and serve as an open resource for educators and policy makers. A longitudinal database will enable families and individuals to participate in an online study aimed at understanding the patterns of treatment use and responses to those treatments.