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Adams, James B, et al. "Advice for Parents of Young Autistic Children (2004): Working Paper." Treatment for People with Autism. N.p., 2004. Web. 13 Oct. 2010.  The authors state that an autistic child still has the ability to, and will grow. As the parents and child go through the process of development together, they will find the tools that they need to successfully proceed with life. They definitely take a positive take on autism, explaining how autism is treatable and to always keep positive. They also talk about how technical autism can be, and how it has a lot to do with genes, and the typical development and treatment for certain ages. They discuss why some autistic children are "misdiagnosed" with other disorders such as, mental retardation and verbal disorders. This is most commonly the case because every child with autism is different, and so their strengths and weaknesses are different as well. This article/journal is the best piece of information yet. I think it's going to be really helpful that the article is biased. The reason I say this is because the article has more anger about misdiagnosis, and the wrong type of treatment, so it talking about alternative routes and procedures. The more therapeutic ways that deals with speech therapy, occupational therapy and physical therapy, are a very big impact on this article. This article is so focused on treatment and how to deal with having an autistic child, but it does not talk about the emotional impact on the family. I will definitely use this article the most based on who wrote it and the content.
 * Adam's** has a Ph. D, from Arizona State University, he is also the president of The Greater Phoenix Chapter of the Autism Society of America. He spends a lot of his time trying to find the biomedical causes of autism.
 * Edelson** has a Ph.D in experimental psychology from, The Autism Research Institute in San Diego, CA. Along with being the director of the Center of the Study of Autism in Salem, OR he has been on the Board of Directors in Salem for the Autism Society of America.
 * Grandin** has a Ph. D from Colorado State University. She has autism and is a popular speaker at conventions for autism.
 * Rimland**, Ph.D, is the founder and director of the Autism Research Institute (1967), as well as the founder of the Autism Society of America (1965).

Committee on Educational Interventions for Children with Autism, Catherine Lord, James P. McGee, eds. //Educating Children with Autism//. Washington, DC: National Academy Press, 2002. Print. The Committee on Educational Interventions for Children with Autism was created by The United States Department of Education's Special Education Programs. It began in 2001 and does workshops and research on the best approach of learning for autistic children. Catherine Lord is a licensed legal psychologist who works at the University of Michigan Autism and Communication Disorders Center, she is the director. She has worked with any different children whose level of autism varies. There was no information on James P McGee, but he was one of the head editors and also seems reputable. This book highlights most, if not all of the routes someone can take in order to productively educate different diagnosis of autism. I think that it is a little biased because it talks about how a misdiagnosis of autism can be unproductive in a learning environment. It is very informational though, it explains different methods of teaching and how they can help specific children. It's actually pretty interesting because they don't talk about the cause of autism, which I would really like to know. They get all of their facts from other articles and research of their own as well as from other scholars. They have their own citations in the back of the book. This book is extremely well put together, it's kind of like a dictionary, I know that if I need to learn anything about a specific teaching method that I can go into this book and look it up, because everything is right there. There are also statistics and charts which shows what the most frequent cases of autism consist of as well as the rarest. The statistics also contain the rate of grown in the autism community, and how greatly autism has changed from year to year. This source I think is my most valuable; I know that I can use this book for pretty much anything in my project. I think that it can help with terms and words that I might not understand. But I also think it will help by giving me insight to what I migt be seeing in Mrs. Irwin's room.

Fein, Deborah, and Michelle A Dunn. //Autism In Your Classroom: A General Educator’s Guide to Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders//. Ed. Sandra L Harris. 2007. Bethesda: Woodbine House, Inc., 2007. Print. This book is a step by step understanding of what autism is, it is so in depth that I probably won’t get a chance to read the whole thing. There are great chapters that will answer the questions that I had, and that the other articles didn’t explain. It talks more about feelings and delicate approaches, and although scientific, there isn’t an overwhelming amount of words that I’ll have to do more research on. This book explains everything that it talks about. The author has used their own experiences, many years of schooling and working with other professors. They worked together in order to put this book together, but in some chapters there are two different points of view, because it talks about what methods worked better for them individually. This book is extremely important. I am really excited to start reading, Fein is so reputable that it is very useful that I have this book to grab information from. Autism is all that this book talks about, it is very well addressed, but even more than that, have to deal, and what the best methods of teaching are, are also addressed extremely well. I think that this book is going to be very helpful because it shows methods and it explains why they work, which some other sources did not. I think this book will help for some insight into Mrs. Irwin’s room.
 * Deborah Fein** is a respected and valued professor of psychology. She has a lot of experience working with autistic children, and she has been honored many times for her experience and for her many years in the field. Fein continues her education in neuropsychology and had completed getting her Ph. D. She was recognized as last year’s Board of Trustees Distinguished Professors, which is a lifetime award, and the highest praise.
 * Michelle A. Dunn** works in the Neurology department at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She works with many children on the autism spectrum for over 25 years.
 * Sandra L. Harris** is an executive director of treatment of children with autism and is also a professor of clinical Psychology at Rutgers University. She focuses on very severe cases of autism and aspergers syndrome, also she does research on how having a disabled child effects a family and the individual members.

"Road Map of Child Development in Early Years." Talkaboutautism.com. Treehouse Talk, n.d. Web. 4 Oct. 2010. <[].> Talk About Autism is an informative site about children and the struggle of autism, there is not one specific author but it is a "community" where people can share their specific stories about their life and children. They are amazing people, who have done accurate research about the disease and how it affects a child and their families. The authors of these pages are doctors, they have worked with autistic children. This specific page is about the developmental road that a child can take. This article **DOES NOT** focus on autism; it is simply an accurate chart of development in children in general. It covers ages from six months to four years of a child’s development, which is a critical time in their lives. It does not state at what point you would know your child has autism, or when they should/could be diagnosed. It seems that this is a very well put together piece of information and it gives me a comparison because when I find out how a child with autism developes I will be able to compair how differently they can develope. This is just a guide however, it is not a concrete peice of information saying that this is an exact photograph of how a child developes.

Stokes, Susan. "Structured Teaching: Strategies for Supporting Students with Autism?" //Special Education Services//. Cooperative Educational Service Agency No. 7, 2010. Web. 28 Oct. 2010. <[]>. This site is a compellation of different articles and teaching techniques that have worked for Stokes. Through observation and individually working with autistic children throughout the years. Stokes definitely takes a positive approach on teaching with autistic children. She shows how it can be challenging and difficult at times, but she also has a great passion for what she does, which is evident in her writing. She mainly discusses teaching methods, and the formula for how they work. I think this is very helpful because it talks about how it helped a child, and then why and also how she proceeded with that specific method. She has done a lot of case studies and by trying out the teaching methods she has been able to back up them by experience. Also, she talks about the best approach to a problem with an autistic child-- from a break down to a reward. The website is very rich with information; I think she definitely did her work very thoroughly. Autism teaching methods are very well stated and backed up, they work she has done with children and the research she has done on her own is going to be very helpful for me because, Stokes shows background information on the method she explains. She does not really argue about autism, but she does support her findings and why they work. I thin that this site will help me when I start to individually work with kids, I can look to this site and know that I can get some great ideas and tips for how to go about teaching a child.
 * Susan Stokes** is an autism consultant who works for the Cooperative Educational Service Agency # 7. I cannot find any other information on her credentials other than that.

"Temple Grandin." //Lemelson Mit Program//. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mar. 1998. Web. 28 Oct. 2010. <[] [|3A//web.mit.edu/invent/iow/grandin.html]>. This article talks about Temple Grandin and who she is. It give an overview of her career and why she is such a great person. I thought this might be interesting because she went through so much as severely autistic child and she was able to overcome her differences and turned around into someone who is making a difference. I want my classmates to understand that autism may be a disorder, but it is not a weakness. I think that by showing them someone as outspoken and famous as Grandin will give them the idea that these children are just like themselves, only they have more obsitcals to overcome. I intend on f9inding more about Temple Grandin throughout my research.

Wallin, Jason M. "Teaching Children with Autism." //Polyxo.com//. Ed. Lee Ann Beck, Brian S Friedlander, Melissa Galdys, Michele Gardner and the staff of theFlemington-Raritan Autism Program, Crisler Lovendahl, and Amy McGinnis et al. Oak Harbor, July 2010. Web. 22 Oct. 2010. <[]>. This site talks about great ways to help an autistic child learn, depending on where they are on the autistic spectrum. It explains different types of analysis, there are printable documents that have different excersizes on them. It really goes into depth about different teaching methods and explains why they are helpful. All of contributors got together and worked on this site together, they all have methods of teaching in here. I think that this will help because I might be able to lable something thats going on in Mrs. Irwin's class.
 * Jason M. Wallin** is the creator of polyxo.com he is currently studying psychology and primate behavior and ecology at Central Washington University in Ellensburg. Wallin worked as a special education paraeducator for a small private school in Washington. He has worked with children who range very wide on the autistic spectrum and has used a bunch of different teaching methods.
 * Lee Ann Beck** has had 22 years of experience being a special education teacher. She is also a promonent member of the TEACCH programn.
 * Brian S Friedlander** is a licensed psycologist who teaches college courses on technology. He also teaches children through technology and computer programs specifically.
 * Melissa Galdys** is a special education teacher for the past seven years. Galdys works with children who have multiple bisabilites.
 * Crisler Lovendahl** is a speech-language pathologist who specializes in Autistic Spectrum as well as other disabilities. Lovendalh also created her own buisnesses that help teachers teach different children, the progra givesteachers the skills they need.
 * Amy McGinnis** has spent the past three years working as a private ABA, and she has been working with children for the past eight years. She is continuing her education at Alvernia College.

Warber, Adrienne. "Teaching Methods for Autistic Children." Love To Know. Ed. Ella Rain. N.p., 28 Apr. 2010. Web. 18 Oct. 2010. <[]> The content of this article is mainly focused on proper methods or recommended teaching tools for children who are diagnosed with autism. It suggests things like daily life therapy and sign language. Although the article does not give specific definitions of what the methods are, it gives me something more to look up and do research on. Also, this could help me relate some of the teaching methods that they use in Mrs. Irwin's class. The article is not biased at all although, it says that autistic children sometimes learn best when they are totally immersed in a project, games and projects are usually recommended for use in classrooms or one-on-one with students. This article is not doing the research for me; I have new topics to look up, like certain educational therapy methods such as: **Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), TEACCH, Sensory Integration Therapy**, and **Developmental, Individual Difference Floortime (DIR).** It also includes teaching methods like: **Inclusion, Facilitated Communication**, and **Picture Exchange Communication System**. I think this will help me learn what’s going on in Mrs. Irwin's classroom, because every child learns differently, it means that one of these methods might help them more than another, which is truly interesting.
 * Warder** is experienced with writing about health and autism. She has a Bachelor's degree in Arts in Literature from the University of Michigan.

Web link Autism Society. "What is Autism?" The Autism Society of America. Autism Society, 5 June 2009. Web. 30 Sept. 2010. <[].> There is no specified author; however it seems to be a credible because the organization is well known. This piece of writing is definitely informational, it provides a lot of specific information that I will need to include in my presentation to give everyone a clear understanding of what autism is. This article is different because there is not argument, it is strictly informational. There is a lot of information on the autistic spectrum and what autism is. It is very scientific, explaining who have a higher risk of having autism and why they do. They are a very well known organization, so that is was I'm going under to believe the information. There is a lot of it, but it all seems very useful, and I haven't found anything to contradict what the article is saying. The research is definitely clear, it is broken into sections that make it easy to follow and easy to find evidence and information. The topic is very clear, it never sways from one topic to another and the page is not able to be publically edited. It also seems that the page is updated yearly, and this makes me feel comfortable because autism is always changing and growing. The author is not argumentative, it is just informational. This source seems like it will be helpful for my research because of all the valuable information and the specific facts that it provides. I think that it will help me form my thesis and possibly even narrow down my search to something more specific. I hope to learn more about the autism spectrum, why a child might be autistic (chemical), and what specifically an OT is trained to do.

"What is Autism?" Talkaboutautism.com. Treehouse Talk, n.d. Web. 4 Oct. 2010. <[].> There is not author in this article, but the organization that published it is really reliable, it seems like a site where people can learn about what’s going on in the autistic news world at any given minute. They have their own blog, twitter and facebook account, saying what the organization is and different tips from others about different diets and exercise for autistic children or adults. This article is simply informational, the author does not seem to take a stand or make a specific point. This particular article explains the different struggles and strides of an autistic child; it also talks about how at a young age you may not be able to tell if your child is autistic because every child develops at different times. Mainly the author focuses on that every child, even if they are not autistic, is different. Many autistic children have only one thing in common, their ability to socialize with others. Most of the time, each child is very gifted in one way or another, which is why this disease is so unlike every other. This article does make a lot of sense, they simply state that an autistic child is just like many other children but that they have more to overcome. It seems that it is well researched, that possibly these hypotheses are taken from specific field work with children who are diagnosed with autism. The article is not very specific; however, it does give a great general overview of the disease and what it can consist of. This author does not seem to be biased, considering they never say anything bad about autism. This article will help in a number of ways: it will provide different facts about autism that I did not get out of the other two sources and it focuses more on the social information about autistic children, which may give me an idea on how to narrow down my thesis statement. If I do end up focusing on the social aspect of autism, and then it could give me more ideas on what to look up specifically in the future.

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