Assessment

Eric / AE Test Locator
BUROS Test Reviews Online - provides free information on more than 4,000 commercially available tests, including current publisher information. More than 2,000 of those tests have been carefully reviewed by the Buros Institute and can be ordered on-line.

AGOSCI
Australian Group On Severe Communication Impairment: AGOSCI

AUSLAN Signbank
Auslan Signbank is an interactive dictionary of Ausla (Australian Sign Language), the language of the deaf community of Australia.

Communication Aids for Language and Learning (The CALL Centre
The CALL Centre is a small unit within the Department of Equity Studies and Special Education, in the Faculty of Education, The University of Edinburgh. The centre provides specialist expertise in technology for children who have speech, communication and/or writing difficulties, in schools across Scotland. In this website you will find information, guidance and resources on how Information and Communication Technology (ICT) can make a major impact on the education of children and people with disabilities or special educational and communication needs. 

Communication Matters 
CM Communication Matters is a UK national voluntary organisation of members concerned with the AAC needs of people with complex communication needs. 

Makaton Australia
Makaton Australia

Makaton Vocabulary Development Project
The MVDP Web site in the UK was established in 1996, in partnership with Makaton Canada, after an information gathering survey to Canada and the USA in 1993 by Margaret Walker as part of a Winston Churchill Fellowship.

Makaton Video (no web site)
The Variety Club Video Makaton Nursery Rhymes is available from:
The Variety Club of Tasmania
PO Box 893
Sandy Bay
Tasmania
Australia. 

The International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication
ISAAC is an organization devoted to advancing the field of Augmentative and Alternative communication (AAC).

Webwords 9 The Language of Empowerment
AAC Links and Information

YAACK 
The "Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Connecting Young Kids" (YAACK) at UNL.

A Guide for Parents and Professionals
"Tony Attwood's empathy, knowledge and common-sense approach to describing individuals with Asperger's syndrome.. . this book ... is spot on." - Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry 

Asperger Syndrome Australian Information Centre
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~rbmitch/Asperger2.htm

Journal Articles
Autism, Asperger's syndrome and semantic-pragmatic disorder: Where are the boundaries?  Article by D.V.M. Bishop. British Journal of Disorders of Communication 24, 107-121 (1989) © The College of Speech Therapists, London
Conversational characteristics of children with semantic-pragmatic disorder 2: What features lead to a judgement of inappropriacy?  Article by D.V.M. Bishop & C. Adams. British Journal of Disorders of Communication, 24, 241-263 (1989) © The College of Speech Therapists, London

Semantic and Pragmatic Problems and Semantic and Pragmatic Language Disorder
Information about SPLD 

The National Autistic Society (NAS)
Autism information from the UK www.nas.org.uk.

The National Autistic Society (NAS) Surrey Branch
This is a very good site arranged in terms of local, UK, and international content. mugsy.org

University Students with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome 
This site goes from strength to strength.

Wired 9.12: The Geek Syndrome
"Autism - and its milder cousin Asperger's syndrome - is surging among the children of Silicon Valley. Are math-and-tech genes to blame?" ARTICLE 

Yale Study Center 
Autism Group - This site includes an invitation to Participate in an Asperger's Syndrome Internet Survey

The Apraxia-Kids Web Site
The Apraxia-Kids Web Site is aimed at multiple audiences, including parents of children who have been recently diagnosed with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS), parents of late talkers, teachers and speech-language pathologists. It also provides a constant stream of information for parents of older children with CAS who are negotiating the challenges of school, the workplace and life in general. It provides abundant support, well-referenced information, and links to carefully selected resources. Join the listserv!

Down Syndrome

Diagnosis Down Syndrome
"If you are visiting this site because you have received the news that your baby has Down Syndrome, congratulations are in order. First of all you have a baby (or are going to have a baby)..." 

Down Syndrome Association New South Wales Australia 
The aim of DSA NSW is to encourage people with Down syndrome to fulfil their potential for successful and happy lives, in a society that knows their abilities and is supportive of their needs.

Understanding the Gift of Life 
Down Syndrome: Understanding the Gift of Life
Plenty of positive information, and good links to sites and resources.

Down Syndrome Health Issues
Dr Len Leshin's site includes a selective list of 200+ DS Sites on the Internet and an article on Comprehensive Language and Speech Treatment.

Disability

Literacy Development
Website Access for Literacy Development for Individuals with Disability
This interesting project focuses on facilitating literacy development through access to World Wide Web sites, modified to accommodate limited literacy skills and physical access difficulties. The specific aim was to develop a model Website that (1) required basic literacy skills only; (2) incorporated a literacy training component; and (3) facilitated the use of varied alternative computer access techniques.

Disability Resources
The e-Bility Site

Education / Special Education

Reading / Literacy
CIERA  
Literacy links
Webbing into Literacy
Whole Language

Developmental Disorders of Language and Literacy DDOL 
DDOL Network 
The Developmental Disorders of Language and Literacy (DDOLL) network represents a select Australian group of researchers and research-oriented practitioners investigating and treating disorders of the production and comprehension of spoken and written language skills..."

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