Topic 1: References

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Autism Speaks Family Services (2014). 100 Day Kit for Newly Diagnosed Families of School Age Children. Retrieved from https://www.autismspeaks.org/family-services/tool-kits/100-day-kit-school-age.


Cantio, C., Jepsen, J. R. M., Madsen, G. F., Bilenberg, N. and White, S. J. (2016). Exploring ‘The autisms’ at a cognitive level. Autism Research, 9, 1328–1339. doi:10.1002/aur.1630.


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. 2016 Community Report on Autism. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/addm-community-report.html.


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Facts About ASDs. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/facts.html.


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2015, November 23). Vaccines do not cause autism. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/autism.html.


DeStefano, F., Price, C. S., and Weintraub, E. S. (2013). Increasing exposure to antibody-stimulating proteins and polysaccharides in vaccines is not associated with the risk of autism. The Journal of Pediatrics, 163(2), 561-567. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.02.001


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Grinker, R. R., Chambers, N., Njongwe, N., Lagman, A. E., Guthrie, W., Stronach, S., … Wetherby, A. M. (2012). “Communities” in Community Engagement: Lessons Learned from Autism Research in South Africa and South Korea. Autism Research : Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research, 5(3), 201–210. http://doi.org/10.1002/aur.1229.


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National Institute of Mental Health (2016). Autism Spectrum Disorder. . Retrieved from https://www.nimh.nih.gov/health/topics/autism-spectrum-disorders-asd/index.shtml#part_145438.


Schechter, R. and Grether, J. K. (2008). Continuing increases in autism reported to California’s developmental services system: mercury in retrograde. Archives of General Psychiatry, 65(1), 19-24. doi: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2007.1


Taylor, L. E., Swerdfeger, A. L., and Eslick, G. D. (2014). Vaccines are not associated with autism: An evidence-based meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies. Vaccine, 32(29), 3623-3629.
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Wenger, O. K., McManus, M. D., Bower, J. R., Langkamp, D. L. (2011). Underimmunization in Ohio’s Amish: Parental fears are a greater obstacle than access to care. Pediatrics 128(1). doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-2599.


Zablotsky, B., Black, L. I., Maenner, M. J., Schieve, L. A., and Blumberg, S. J. (2015). Estimated prevalence of autism and other developmental disabilities following questionnaire changes in the 2014 National Health Interview Survey. National Health Statistics Report, 87, 1-21. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr087.pdf.