Research Guides: Autism: Home

Introductory Resources

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ASAN: Autism Self Advocacy Network
"Nothing About Us, Without Us!"
Autism NOW: The National Autism Resource and Information Center
A dynamic and interactive, highly visible and effective central point of quality resources and information for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and other developmental disabilities, their families, and other targeted key stakeholders.

Uniquely Human: A Different Way of Seeing Autism (2015) by Barry M. Prizant; Tom Fields-Meyer
Call Number: Drexel Library RJ506.A9 P77 2015

Autism is usually portrayed as a checklist of deficits, including difficulties interacting socially, problems in communicating, sensory challenges, and repetitive behavior patterns. This perspective leads to therapies focused on ridding individuals of "autistic" symptoms. Now Dr. Barry M. Prizant, an internationally renowned autism expert, offers a new and compelling paradigm: the most successful approaches to autism don't aim at fixing a person by eliminating symptoms, but rather seeking to understand the individual's experience and what underlies the behavior.
The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida
Call Number: Drexel Library RC553.A88 H5313 2013

Written by a thirteen-year-old boy with autism, this memoir demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Parents and family members who never thought they could get inside the head of their autistic loved one at last have a way to break through to the curious, subtle, and complex life within.

Kinney Center for Autism Education and Support
SJU's Kinney Center strives "to educate and train the autism professionals of tomorrow, while supporting and serving the individuals and families affected by autism today."