the following organizations.
is not officially affiliatedwith any of these organizations. Information is provided here
simply in the interest of helping others to help themselves.
This is a new and evolving list.
Food Resources
Unfortunately, Angelfood Ministries has shut down permanently.
If there is a restart of the organization under new leadership or a replacement for it,
that information will be posted here as soon as possible.
Suicide Risk
Kristin Brooks Hopeline Center
Suicide prevention, awareness, and education.
Crisis hotlines, online crisis chat, music outreach tour, campus awareness events.
A Not-for-Profit 501(c)3 organization.
The Trevor Project
The Trevor Helpline 1(866).4.U.TREVOR (1-866-488-7386)
runs a free and confidential suicide prevention helpline for gay and questioning youth.
Help is available 24 hours a day, nationwide.
From their Website, find out more about the
warning signs
that someone may be considering suicide
and learn
what you can do to help.
Asperger's and other Autism Spectrum Help / Info
"The autistic experience, viewed from within."
"Square Peg, Round Hole" design by pete1061
(member of Wrong Planet Autism Community)
"If you've met one autistic - you've met one."
Web Sites:
General
AutismHelp.org
Wrong Planet - Autism Community
More Web Sites:
Specific Articles, Some from Additional Sites
What is Asperger's Syndrome?
PDD NOS
Broader Autism Phenotype (BAP)
Adults with autism, Aspergers & PDD-NOS
10 Things an Autistic Adult Wishes You Knew
Ten Myths about Autism - Debunked
Autism And Girls (and Women)
Girls With Autism or ADHD Symptoms Not Taken Seriously, Study Suggests
greenturtle74’s Cartoon Guide to Asperger’s
Online Videos
Autism Reality
(Length: 10:28)
If You Can Do X, Why Can't You Do Y? My All-Purpose Answer.
(Length: 8:41)
Temple Grandin: The world needs all kinds of minds
(Length: 20:14)
CSULB - Temple Grandin - Focus on Autism and Asperger's Syndrome
(Length: 1:12:32)
Books
Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger Syndrome - byRudy Simone
Be Different: Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian - by John Robison
The Best Kind of Different: Our Family's Journey with Asperger's Syndrome - by Shonda Schilling
Aspies on Mental Health: Speaking for Ourselves - Edited by Luke Beardon and Dean Worton
(from the "Adults Speak Out about Asperger's Syndrome" series)
Living Well on the Spectrum:
How to Use Your Strengths to Meet the Challenges of
Asperger Syndrome / High-Functioning Autism
- by Valerie L. Gaus, PhD
Films
Temple Grandin
Official Website
(site includes page of links to related resources)
The Horse Boy
Official Website
(site includes page of links to related resources)
"The Asperger's experience, viewed from within."
"Impossible Cube Entangled In Impossible Cylinder" design modification by MindWithoutWalls
(member of Wrong Planet Autism Community)
