Publications

Newsletters and Magazines
 
The Advocate (ASA)
Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Ave., Suite # 300
Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3067

Phone: (301) 657-0881 or (800) 3AUTISM (328-8476)
Web Site: www.autism-society.org

  • Free with membership
Autism/Asperger Digest
Future Horizons Publications
721 W. Abram St.
Arlington, Texas 76013

Phone: (800) 489-0727
Fax: (817) 277-2270
Web Site: www.autismdigest.com

  • U.S. 1yr-$44.95, 2yrs.-$74.95
 
The Autism File
P.O. Box #144
Hampton TW12 2FF
England

Phone: 020 8979 2525
Fax: 020 8979 9665
Email: info@autismfile.com
Web Site: www.autismfile.com

  • 1 yr. £45, 2 yrs. £85
  • Quarterly Magazine written by Parents, Teachers and Doctors
 
The Autism International Journal of Research and Practice
US orders should be sent to:
Sage Publications
2455 Teller Road
Thousand Oaks, California 91320, USA

Phone: (805) 499-9774 or (800) 818-7243
Fax: (805) 499-0871 or (800) 583-2665
Web Site: www.sagepub.co.uk

  • Quarterly publication: March, June, Sept, Dec.
 
Autism News
JFS
P.O. Box #5551
Elgin, Illinois 60121-5551

Web Site: www.autismnews.net

  • Information on meeting from all over Northern Illinois
  • Information on organizations and Dr. Michael Chez Fund for Epilepsy & Autism
  • $15.00/12 issues
 
Autism Research Review
Autism Research Institute (ARRI)
4182 Adams Ave.
SanDiego, California 92116

Fax: (619) 563-6840
Web Site: www.autism.com/ari

  • $18.00--Annual subscription.
 
Autism Resource Network
Phone: (612) 988-0088
5123 Westmill Rd.
Minnetonka, MN 55345
  • Quarterly newsletter full of up to date information and a mail order bookstore of literature on autism.
  • Contact above for a free bookstore catalog and sample newsletter.
 
Autism Spectrum Quarterly

Phone: (860) 635-2906
E-Mail: info@ASQuarterly.com
Web Site: www.asquarterly.com/subscribe.html

Diane Twachtman-Cullen, Ph.D. - Editor–in-Chief
Liane Holliday Willey, Ed.D. - Senior Editor

  • 29.95 plus $5 S&H for 1 year USD (4 issues).
  • Articles by, for, and about individuals with ASD
  • A focus on families and family issues
  • A Tips and Strategies section
  • Book Reviews and Recommended Resources
  • Contributions by outstanding professionals in the ASD field
 
Exceptional Parent
Publishing and Editorial Office
65 East Route 4
River Edge, New Jersey 07661

Phone: (201) 489-4111
Fax: (201) 489-0074
Web Site: www.eparent.com

 
Illinois Clearinghouse
830 S. Spring St.
Springfield, Illinois 62704

Phone: (800) 852-4302
Web Site: www.eiclearinghouse.org

  • Quarterly, Free
 
Indiana Resource Center (IRCA Reporter)
Cathy Pratt, Ph.D., Center Director
2853 E. 10th St.
Bloomington, Indiana 47408-2695

Phone: (812) 855-6508
Fax: (812) 855-9630
Web Site: www.isdd.indiana.edu/~irca/

  • $20.00 subscription rate includes brochure mailings of each training extent
  • Out of state request--Cleta Bowman
 
The Morning News
c/o Carol Gray, Editor
Jenison High School
2140 Baur Rd.
Jenison, Michigan 49428

Phone: (616) 457-8955
Fax: (616) 457-4070
Web Site: www.autism.org/mnews/index.html

  • Author of Social Stories
 
National Autism Registry (NARY)
12545 Orange Drive, Suite 502
Davie, Florida 33330

Phone: (800) 997-7332
Fax: (954) 236-9405
E-mail: info@dimensionsspeech.com
Web Site: www.dimensionsspeech.com

 
National Parent Network on Disabilities
1727 King Street, Suite 305
Alexandia, Virginia 22314

Phone: (202) 463-2299 or (703) 684-6763 Voice/TDD
E-Mail: npnd@cs.com
Web Site: www.npnd.org

  • On-Line Newsletter
 
Promise
Autism Society of Illinois
2200 S. Main St., Suite #317
Lombard, IL 60148

Phone: (630) 691-1270
Toll Free: (888) 691-1270
Fax: (630) 932-5620
E-Mail: info@autismillinois.org
Web Site: www.autismillinois.org

  • Quarterly newsletter
  • Good on relating activity in Springfield
 
Books
 
Informational
A Parents Guide to Autism
Author: Charles A. Hart
Pocket Book Publishers, 1993

Autism Treatment Guide
Author: Elizabeth K. Gerlach
Four Leaf Press

Breaking Autism’s Barriers: A Father’s Story
Author: Bill Davis
Jessica Kingsley Publishing

Do-Watch-Listen-Say: Social Communication Intervention
Author: Kathleen Ann Quill
--Wonderful, useful format to help enhance social communication

Children with Autism, A Parents Guide
Author: Michael D. Powers
Woodbine House, 1989

Facing Autism
Author: Lynn Hamilton
Waterbrook Press(A division of Random House)
Web Site: www.facingautism.com

Let Me Hear Your Voice
Author: Catherine Maurice

Targeted Resources and Information Network
T.R.A.I.N - Autism Spectrum Disorder Resource Guide
Author: Jacquie Mace
Contact: mace.jacquie@comcast.net

Teaching Children With Autism
Author: Kathleen Ann Quill
Delmar Publishing, INC.
-- Strategies to enhance communication and socialization

The Child with Special Needs
Author: Stanley I. Greenspan, Serena Weider, and Robin Simon
Addison-Wesley, 1998
-- Intellectual and Emotional growth

 
Autobiographies & Personal Insights
By Temple Grandin:
Emergence: Labeled Autistic
Navato, California: Arena Press, 1991
(Paper back -Warner Books, 1996)
Thinking In Pictures
New York: Bantam, 1995
(Paper back- Vintage Edition, 1996)

By Marty Murphy:
Autism Inside…..Out
(Paperback – available through Autism Society McLean County)
-- Short stories about living with autism and growth and changes

By Thomas A. McKean:
Soon Will Come the Light
Future Education, INC, 1994

By Donna Williams:
Nobody, Nowhere
Random House, 1992; Doubleday, 1992
(Paper back- Avon Books, 1994)
*Best seller-1993
-- True Story about an autistic person surviving an abusive family situation

Somebody Somewhere: Breaking Free from the World of Autism
Doubleday, 1994
(Paper back-Times Books, 1995)
-- Follow up to and references her first book Nobody Nowhere

 
For Siblings and Peers
Able Autistic Children
Author: Julie Davies
Nottingham, 1994
-- The experiences of siblings with able autism or Asperger’s

Children With Autism (ages 7 and up)
Author: Julie Davies
Paper back, Nottingham, 1994

Everybody Is A Person (middle school)
Author: C. Bodenheimer
Jownia: The Learning Place, 1979
-- Brothers and sisters at middle school level

Ian's Walk (ages 4-10)
Author: Laurie Lears
Published by: Albert Whitman & Company 1998

Learning Together (ages K-3)
Author: Nancy Dalrymple
Indiana Resource Center for Autism, 1979

My Brother Is Different
Author: L. Gorrod
National Autistic Society, 1997

Mori’s Story (ages 4-8)
Author: Zachary Gartenberg
Lerner Publications Co., 1999
-- A book about a boy with autism, written by a boy in elementary school about his brother

My Brother Sammy (ages 4-8)
Author: Becky Edwards and David Armitage
Millbrook Pr Trade, 1999
-- Perfect for the younger sibling

Please Don’t Say Hello (junior high level)
Author: Phyllis-Terri Gold
New York: Human Sciences Press, 1975

Joey and Sam (ages 4-8)
Author: Illana Katz and Edward Ritvo
Los Angeles, CA: Real Live Storybooks, 1993
-- A heartwarming storybook about autism, a family, and a brothers love

Russell Is Extra Special (ages 4-8)
Author: Charles A. Amenta, III
New York, Magazine Press, 1992
-- A sensitive portrayal of an autistic boy written by his father, a physician.

Siblings of Children with Autism
Author: Harris, S.
Woodbine House, Bethesda, MD (1994)
-- Parents and Professionals

Trevor Trevor (Ages 5-12)
Author: Diane Twatchtman-Cullen
Starfish Press, 1998
-- A wonderful book about a teacher who helps an autistic boy to be accepted by his peers

 
Sensory
Making Sense of Sensory Integration
Authors: Jane Koomer Ph.D, OTR/L, FAOTA
Stacey Szklut MS, OTR/L
Sharon Cermak EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA
-- From diagnosis to appropriate treatment, you’ll learn what SI is and how it can affect your child

Teachers Ask About - Sensory Integration
Authors: Carol Kranowitz, MA
Stacey Szklut, OTR/L
-- Understand why SI problems affect learning. Learn strategies for helping these children engage and focus

Asperger’s Syndrome and Sensory Issues
Author: Dr. Brenda Smith Myles, et al.
-- Some of America’s outstanding therapists and authors discuss the very real sensory issues facing those with Asperger’s.

Sensory Challenges and Answers – Video presentation
Author: Dr. Temple Grandin
-- Temple explains sensory challenges from a personal perspective that is as informative as it is fascinating.

The Out of Sync Child
Author: Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A.
The Berkely Publishing Group, A Perigee Book, 1998
-- A clearly written guide to Sensory Integration Dysfunction

 
Social
Autism/Aspergers: Solving the Relationship Puzzle
Author: Steven E. Gutstein
-- Relationship development intervention. Uses a 6 level format for teaching social understanding.

Peer Play and the Autism Spectrum
Author: Pamela J. Wolfberg
-- This field manual provides abundant guidelines and details to implement the play groups in a variety of settings.

Relationship Development Intervention with Children, Adolescents and Adults
Authors: Steven E. Gutstein, Rachelle K. Sheely
-- Contains more than 150 activities and exercises ranging over the entire gamut of social and emotional development.

Social Skills Training for Children and Adolescents with Asperger Syndrome and Social-Communications Problems
Author: Jed E., Ph.D Baker
-- Includes Social Skills assessment tools – samples and descriptions interventions and IEP development

The Autism Social Skills Picture Book
Author: Jed Baker, Dr. Jed Baker (Future Horizons)
-- Steps to understanding what social stories are and how to create your own. Wonderful descriptions and pictures.

 
Publishing Companies
Autism Asperger Publishing Company
Phone: (913) 897-1004
Fax: (913) 681-9473
E-Mail: aapc@asperger.net
Web Site: www.asperger.net
PO Box 23173
Shawnee Mission, KS 66283-0173

Future Horizons Publications
Phone: (800) 489-0727
Fax: (817) 277-2270
E-Mail: info@futurehorizons-autism.com
Web Site: www.futurehorizons-autism.com
721 W. Abram St.
Arlington, TX 76103

Jessica Kingsley Publishers Inc.
Phone: (866) 416 1078 (Toll Free)
Phone: (215) 922 1161
Fax: 215 922 1474
Email: orders@jkp.com
Web Site: www.jkp.com
400 Market Street, Suite 400
Philadelphia, PA 19106