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Autism and Other Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDDs)

Autism Research Institute
4182 Adams Avenue
San Diego, CA 92116
Phone: 619-281-7165
Fax: 619-563-6840

Information and referral for parents, teachers, physicians, and students working with children with autism and similar developmental disabilities. Publishes quarterly newsletter: Autism Research Review International.

Autism Society of America
7910 Woodmont Avenue
Suite 300
Bethesda, MD 20814-3067
Phone: 800-328-8476
Fax: 301-657-0869
E-mail: info@autism-society.org

Provides information about autism, including options, approaches, methods, and systems available to parents and family members of children with autism and the professionals who work with them. Advocates for the rights and needs of individuals with autism and their families.

Center for the Study of Autism
Post Office Box 4538
Salem, OR 97302

Provides information about autism to parents and professionals. Performs research on the efficacy of various therapeutic interventions.

International Rett Syndrome Association
9121 Piscataway Road
Clinton, MD 20735
Phone: 800-818-7388
Fax: 301-856-3336
E-mail: irsa@rettsyndrome.org

Provides information, referral, and support to families and acts as a liaison with professionals. Also facilitates research on Rett syndrome.



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