The Autism Spectrum Handbook & Resource Guide combines valuable, easy-to-understand educational information for consumers, patients, and their families, with official reports and releases about monitoring childhood growth and important milestones, community statistics, living with an ASD, and treatments and further resources for co-occurring conditions. This new volume is arranged in the following sections:
Introduction
This detailed introduction to the book and to ASD specifically, written by researcher Marianne M. Madsen, provides critical information such as risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and a breakdown of other conditions associated with ASD by genetic factors, mood/emotional issues, physical issues, and cognitive/behavioral issues.
Section One: Studies & Statistics
This robust, colorful section of 300 pages includes detailed reports, fact sheets, maps, checklists, and growth charts from a number of sources, including the Centers for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health. It begins with an annotated table of contents, followed by two detailed reports on ASD, including state-by-state snapshots. From there, articles take readers through tracking important childhood milestones, studies conducted into the link between vaccines and autism, the social difficulties faced by children with ASD, and coping strategies utilized by adults with autism.
Following this are helpful backgrounders, facts, and treatment plans about the specific conditions related to ASD that are covered in Section Three, including anxiety, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), bipolar disorder, depression, Down syndrome (DS), eating disorders, epilepsy, fragile x syndrome (FXS), gastrointestinal (GI) disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), schizophrenia, sleep disorders, Tourette syndrome (TS), and tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC).
Section Two: Resources for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
This section details a variety of resources for patients, families, and caregivers, including major autism-related associations, agencies, foundations, research centers, and other resources.
Section Three: Related Conditions
This section includes 15 conditions that are considered to commonly co-occur with ASD. Overviews are written by Marianne M. Madsen detail the conditions themselves, how they relate to ASD, and both common and cutting-edge treatment options. Patient, family and caregiver resources follow, including Agencies & Associations, Foundations, Libraries & Resource Centers, Research Centers, Support Groups & Hotlines, Print Resources, Digital Resources and Web Sites.
In addition to the print directory, The Autism Spectrum Handbook & Resource Guide includes free online access on the Salem Online Platform. This gives your patrons immediate access to the most valuable in-depth information on the many causes of these conditions, early warning signs, diagnosis, treatment options, advice for caretakers, preventative therapy, and support.
The Autism Spectrum Handbook & Resource Guide is a necessary reference for public and academic libraries, as well as health care and senior center collections, providing information crucial to sufferers of conditions that are related to nutrition, their broader support network, caseworkers, social workers, and other health care providers.
Table of Contents
- Publisher's Note
- Introduction
Section One: Studies & Statistics
- Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder, National Institute of Mental Health
- Community Report on Autism 2021, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Milestone Moments, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Positive Parenting Tips for Healthy Child Development, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CDC Studies on Thimerosal in Vaccines, Centers for Disease Controland Prevention
- Autism Spectrum Disorder: Engaging in a Social World, National Institutes of Health
- Bullying and Children and Youth with Disabilities and Special Health Needs, StopBullying.gov
- Resilience and Coping Strategies in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Springer Nature
- Related Conditions
- Please see Section One Table of Contents for article titles
- Anxiety
- Attention-Deficit/HyperactivityDisorder (ADHD)
- Bipolar Disorder
- Depression
- Down Syndrome (DS)
- Eating Disorders
- Epilepsy
- Fragile X Syndrome (FXS)
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Schizophrenia
- Sleep Disorders
- Tourette Syndrome (TS)
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC)
Section Two: Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
- Agencies & Associations
- Foundations
- Libraries & Resource Centers
- Research Centers
- Print Resources
- Web Sites
Section Three: Related Conditions
- Anxiety
- Agencies & Associations
- Foundations
- Libraries & Resource Centers
- Research Centers
- Digital Resources
- Web Sites
- Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Agencies & Associations
- Foundations
- Libraries & Resource Centers
- Research Centers
- Support Groups & Hotlines
- Print Resources
- Digital Resources
- Web Sites
- Bipolar Disorder
- Agencies & Associations
- Foundations
- Libraries & Resource Centers
- Research Centers
- Support Groups & Hotlines
- Print Resources
- Digital Resources
- Web Sites
- Depression
- Agencies & Associations
- Foundations
- Libraries & Resource Centers
- Research Centers
- Support Groups & Hotlines
- Web Sites
- Down Syndrome (DS)
- Agencies & Associations
- Foundations
- Libraries & Resource Centers
- Research Centers
- Support Groups & Hotlines
- Web Sites
- Eating Disorders
- Agencies & Associations
- Foundations
- Libraries & Resource Centers
- Research Centers
- Support Groups & Hotlines
- Print Resources
- Web Sites
- Epilepsy
- Agencies & Associations
- Foundations
- Libraries & Resource Centers
- Research Centers
- Support Groups & Hotlines
- Print Resources
- Digital Resources
- Web Sites
- Fragile X Syndrome (FXS)
- Agencies & Associations
- Foundations
- Research Centers
- Web Sites
- Gastrointestinal (GI) Disorders
- Agencies & Associations
- Foundations
- Libraries & Resource Centers
- Research Centers
- Support Groups & Hotlines
- Print Resources
- Web Sites
- Intellectual Disabilities & Developmental Delays
- Agencies & Associations
- Foundations
- Libraries & Resource Centers
- Research Centers
- Support Groups & Hotlines
- Print Resources
- Web Sites
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Agencies & Associations
- Foundations
- Libraries & Resource Centers
- Research Centers
- Support Groups & Hotlines
- Web Sites
- Schizophrenia
- Agencies & Associations
- Foundations
- Libraries & Resource Centers
- Research Centers
- Support Groups & Hotlines
- Web Sites
- Sleep Disorders
- Agencies & Associations
- Foundations
- Libraries & Resource Centers
- Research Centers
- Support Groups & Hotlines
- Web Sites
- Tourette Syndrome (TS)
- Agencies & Associations
- Foundations
- Libraries & Resource Centers
- Research Centers
- Web Sites
- Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC)
- Agencies & Associations
- Support Groups & Hotlines
- Web Sites
Section Four: Appendix & Indexes
- Glossary of Terms
- Entry Index
- Geographic Index
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