Medical Topics Relating to Autism

The Education Subcommittee of the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System Autism Steering Committee has developed a brochure “Your Next Patient Has Autism ...” for the many health professionals – nurses, physicians, technicians and others – who provide services for children on the autism spectrum. Parents will want to print this brochure and take it to the healthcare professionals that works with their child because it provides strategies for working with children who have autism spectrum disorders. Download flyer from CARD website.

MEDLINEplus Health Information Autism page. A service of the National Library of Medicine. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/autism.html

Learn the Signs. Act Early. Presented by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD). Information for families and health care providers. Materials available in English and Spanish. This site helps parents and doctors know what milestones to look for in infant and child development.

Autism System of Care - Red Flags Workgroup.
This workgroup has developed products, training, and technical assistance in the area of increasing awareness and skills of community health providers in identifying “red flags” of toddlers/young children at risk of having autism spectrum disorders. http://card-usf.fmhi.usf.edu/systemofcare.asp