Building Blocks of Orange County specializes in the early diagnosis and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders and other developmental disabilities. The founder and director of Building Blocks is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Board Certified Behavior Analyst with 15 years experience working with children with a variety of medical and developmental disorders. She and her team provide a wide range of consultation and assessment services including free developmental screenings, developmental and diagnostic assessments, functional behavior assessments and independent educational evaluations. For families who are questioning their child’s current diagnosis or those who have not found the resources to provide their child with a thorough and accurate assessment Building Blocks can help.
Autism-PDD Resources Network
Learn about the different spectrum disorders, latest in research, autism symptoms, causes and search autism books to extend your knowledge.
Autism Speaks
Enhancing lives today and accelerating a spectrum of solutions for tomorrow. Across the spectrum and throughout the life span.
Autism Society of America
The experience of Autism is not one thing. It is many things. It’s dreams, talents, relationships, victories, hurdles, and everything in between. The connection between those experiences is you.
Autism Awareness Center
Autism Awareness Centre hosts conferences across Canada and the UK, while ensuring books, articles and resource supports are readily available to all communities keeping parents and professionals on the cutting edge of new information. Autism Awareness Centre is leading the way because we “believe in change.”
Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
The Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs (AMCHP) is a national resource, partner, and advocate for state public health leaders who work and support state maternal and child health programs, and others working to improve the health of women, infants, children, youth, parents, families, and communities.
American Speech-Language Hearing Association (ASHA)
Making effective communication, a human right, accessible and achievable for all.
Verywell Health
Autism is a lifelong developmental disorder that includes differences or challenges in social communication skills, fine and gross motor skills, speech, and intellectual ability.
Wrightslaw Special Education Topics and Services
This website provides information on topics from A-Z that inform families about their disability rights and it provides them tips and templates they can use for advocating for needed support and services.
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
The Autistic Self Advocacy Network is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization run by and for Autistic people. ASAN’s supporters include Autistic adults and youth, cross-disability advocates, and non-autistic family members, professionals, educators and friends. ASAN was created to provide support and services to individuals on the autism spectrum while working to educate communities and improve public perceptions of autism. Our activities include public policy advocacy, community engagement to encourage inclusion and respect for neurodiversity, quality of life oriented research, and the development of Autistic cultural activities. We provide information about autism to the public through a number of different educational, outreach and systems change related projects.
There are chapters in the U.S., England, Canada and Israel. See the website for additional information.