Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
INVITED COLUMN: DEVELOPMENT AND NEUROBIOLOGYGenetics of Childhood Disorders: XLII. Autism, Part 1: Diagnosis and Assessment in Autistic Spectrum Disorders
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WEB SITES OF INTEREST
Autism Society of America: http://www.autism-society.org
Cure Autism Now: http://www.canfoundation.org/
Yale Child Study Center: http://info.med.yale.edu/chldstdy/autism/
TEACCH: http://www.teacch.com
Centers for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/dd/ddautism.htm
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