Resources

Children’s National Hospital Resources

• Center for Autism- Clinical Website, Children's National Hospital

• CASD Chat: Electronic Newsletter

• Transition-Age Resource Doc (INSERT HERE) AL

Advocacy Organizations & Resources

• Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)

• Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network (AWN)

• Pathfinders for Autism

• Organization for Autism Research

  • The Arc- Maryland

  • The Arc- Virginia

  • The Arc- DC

• The Color of Autism

• Autism Society of America

• Spark for Autism

• Association for Autism and Neurodiversity

• DC Autism Parents

• Parents of Autistic Children of Northern Virginia

• xMinds Partnership for Extraordinary Minds

Learning More about Research

Definitions and Information about Research

• Duke Research & Innovation- Defining Research with Human Subjects

  • What is research?

  • What are human subjects?

  • What are interventions?

  • How private and identifiable information is protected in research?

  • How research studies are reviewed by ethics board?

• Organization for Autism Research, Navigating Research

  • What are the different types of research?

  • How to find research studies?

  • How to read research articles?

  • How to participate in research and know your rights?

  • How to identify high-quality research?

Recursos en Español

• Organization for Autism Research- Recursos en Español

• Autistic Self Advocacy Network- Bienvenidos a la Comunidad Autista

• Partnership for Extraordinary Minds (XMinds)- Recursos en Español

• Pathfinders for Autism- Recursos en Espanol

Other Definitions and Resources

• What is plain language?

• Accessibility Resources - Autistic Self Advocacy Network (autisticadvocacy.org)