Chapter 3
1. Carly Fleischmann finds “her” missing piece of jigsaw: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNZVV4Ciccg.
2. National Audit Office research 2009 revealed that 80 per cent of Atos doctors said they needed more training to help people with autism.
3. Don’t write me off (http://www.nas.org).
4. All statistics sourced from http://www.nas.org.
Chapter 6
1. Children on the higher end of the spectrum and those with AS are more vulnerable in mainstream school with 47 per cent of parents reporting their children were bullied (http://www.autism.org.uk, Make School Make Sense, 2006). Over 50 per cent of adults with autism have been bullied and experienced harassment since they were eighteen (http://www.autism.org.uk, We Exist campaign).
Chapter 7
1. “Doggy Business” page 39. NAS Communication magazine. Winter 2007.
Chapter 8
1. Greenock Telegraph, Friday, 3 April 2009.
Chapter 9
1. Hinderton School: http://www.hindertonschool.co.uk.
Chapter 10
1. Source: http://www.talkaboutautism.org.uk.
2. The Transporters. http://www.thetransporters.com.
3. Tammet, Daniel. Born On a Blue Day. Hodder & Stoughton. 2007.
4. Pets As Therapy, http://www.petsastherapy.org.
Chapter 11
1. Dr Temple Grandin, http://www.templegrandin.com.
Chapter 13
1. Issacson, Rupert. The Horse Boy. Penguin/Viking: London, 2009. Horse Boy Camps in the UK. www.horseboyfoundation.org.uk.
2. DATA – http://data1.moonfruit.com.
3. The YouTube video is a CBS newsreel of a boy named Parker, who is a child with autism. His behaviours and life are transformed when he gets a golden retriever service dog called Candy. It is a moving story, one worth taking time to watch. You can find it by searching “North Star CBS news story” or visiting the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeKj3vjnD7M.
Chapter 16
1. http://www.familyfund.org.uk.
2. http://www.iancommunity.org/cs/autism/icd10_criteria_for_autism.
3. “Early Bird Program.” http://www.nas.org.
Chapter 17
1. Research Mira Foundation. Quebec, Canada. 2010. http://www.mira.ca/en/r-amp-d/10/autism_101.html.
2. Hanen Programme: http://www.hanen.org/Home.aspx.
3. Lawson 1996 source: Scottish Executive parent manual Next Steps.
Chapter 18
1. http://www.fundacionquinta.org.
2. Panorama’s evidence allowed a full criminal investigation to take place. Following investigation by the Care Commission, Winterbourne has been shut down. Twelve staff members were arrested.
3. http://www.samh.org.uk.
4. A survey in Scotland by the NAS We Exist campaign revealed over half of adults with autism have been subjected to bullying and harassment since they were eighteen (http://www.nas.org).
Postscript
1. http://www.iaacongresolleida.com/english.html.
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