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This is a list of [[autism]]-related topics.

==Conditions and research areas==
* [[Asperger syndrome]]
* [[Autism]]
* [[Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule]]
* [[Autism spectrum]]
* [[Autism Spectrum Quotient]]
* [[Causes of autism]]
* [[Childhood disintegrative disorder]]
* [[Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders]]
* [[Developmental disability]]
* [[Epidemiology of autism]]
* [[Fragile X syndrome]]
* [[Genetic disorder]]
* [[Heritability of autism]]
* [[High-functioning autism]]
* [[Isodicentric 15]]
* [[Language delay]]
* [[Learning disability]]
* [[List of further reading on Asperger syndrome]]
* [[Minamata disease‎]]
* [[Mirror neuron]]
* [[Pervasive developmental disorder]]
* [[PDD-NOS]]
* [[22q13 deletion syndrome|Phelan-McDermin 22q13 deletion syndrome]]
* [[Rett syndrome]]
* [[Spindle neuron]]
* [[Weak central coherence theory]]
* [[Mental retardation]]
* [[PANDAS]]
* [[Genetic disorders]]

==Controversies==
{{main|Controversies in autism}}
* [[Autism rights movement]]
* ''[[Autism's False Prophets]]''
* [[Autism Speaks]]
* [[Chelation therapy]]
* [[Controversies in autism]]
* [[Ethical challenges to autism treatment]]
* [[Gluten-free, casein-free diet]]
* [[Hyperbaric oxygen therapy]]
* [[Jenny McCarthy]]
* [[MMR vaccine controversy]]
* ''[[Mother Warriors]]''
* [[Neurodiversity]]
* [[Refrigerator mother]]
* [[Stealth-adapted viruses]]
* [[Thimerosal controversy]]
* [[Vaccine controversy]]

==People==
* [[Autistic savant]]
* [[List of people on the autistic spectrum]]
* [[List of fictional characters on the autistic spectrum]]
* [[People speculated to have been autistic]]
* [[Temple Grandin]]
* [[Donna Williams]]

===Journalists===
* [[Brian Deer]]
* [[David Kirby (journalist)|David Kirby]]
* [[Norm Ledgin]]
* [[Dan Olmsted]]
* [[Lenny Schafer]]

===Politicians, philanthropists and leading activists===
* [[Liz Birt]]
* [[Dan Burton]]
* [[Ivan and Charika Corea]]
* [[Michelle Dawson]]
* [[Deirdre Imus]]
* [[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.]]
* [[Michael Koffler]]
* [[Jenny McCarthy]]
* [[Rick Rollens]]
* [[Lee Scott (UK politician)|Lee Scott]]
* [[Steve Shirley]]
* [[James Harris Simons]]
* [[Jim Sinclair]]
* [[Dave Weldon]]
* [[Donna Williams (author)|Donna Williams]]
* [[Robert Charles Wright|Bob Wright]]

===Researchers and therapists===
* [[John Allman]]
* [[David Amaral]]
* [[Anna Balazs|Balázs Anna]]
* [[Hans Asperger]]
* [[Simon Baron-Cohen]],
* [[Sallie Bernard]]
* [[Bruno Bettelheim]]
* [[Thomas Burbacher]]
* [[Manuel Casanova]]
* [[Richard Deth]]
* [[Eric Fombonne]]
* [[Mark Geier]]
* [[Christopher Gillberg]]
* [[Boyd Haley]]
* [[Mady Hornig]]
* [[Leo Kanner]]
* [[Arthur Krigsman]]
* [[Derrick Lonsdale]]
* [[Ole Ivar Lovaas]]
* [[Marilyn J. Monteiro]]
* [[Paul Offit]]
* [[Lyn Redwood]]
* [[Bernard Rimland]]
* [[Diana Seach]]
* [[Vijendra K. Singh]]
* [[Peter Szatmari]]
* [[Thomas Verstraeten]]
* [[Andrew Wakefield]]
* [[Lorna Wing]]
* [[Edward Yazbak]]

==Culture==
{{main|Sociological and cultural aspects of autism}}
* [[Autism rights movement]]
* [[Autistic art]]
* [[Neurodiversity]]
* [[Neurotypical]]
* [[Sociological and cultural aspects of autism]]

==Legislation==
* [[Children's Health Act]]
* [[Combating Autism Act]]
* [[Jonathan's Law]]
* [[National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act]]

==Organizations, stakeholder groups and events==
* [[2000 Simpsonwood CDC conference]]
* [[A-CHAMP]]
* [[Aspies For Freedom]]
* [[Autism Awareness Campaign UK]]
* [[Autism Network International]]
* [[Autism Research Institute‎]]
* [[Autism Resource Centre (Singapore)]]
* [[Autism Society of America]]
* [[Autism Speaks]]
* [[Autism Sunday]]
* [[Autistic Pride Day]]
* [[Autism Treatment Trust]]
* [[Autism Network International]] (Autreat)
* Beijing Stars and Rain School (北京星星雨教育研究所), see [[Children of the Stars]]
* [[Center for Autism and Related Disorders]]
* [[Generation Rescue]]
* [[M.I.N.D. Institute]]
* [[National Autism Association]]
* [[National Autistic Society]] (UK)
* [[National Vaccine Information Center]]
* [[Safe Minds]]
* [[Talk About Curing Autism‎]]
* [[Thoughtful House]]
* [[TreeHouse]]
* [[Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System]]
* [[Wrong Planet]]

==Therapies and interventions==
{{main|Autism therapies}}
* [[Applied behavior analysis]]
* [[Chelation therapy]]
* [[Clomipramine]]
* [[Craniosacral therapy]]
* [[Ethical challenges to autism treatment]]
* [[Floortime]]
* [[Fluvoxamine]]
* [[Gluten-free, casein-free diet]]
* [[Haloperidol]]
* [[Hyperbaric oxygen therapy]]
* [[Hug machine]]
* [[Lovaas technique]]
* [[Pivotal response therapy]]
* [[Relationship Development Intervention]]
* [[Risperidone]]
* [[Secretin]]
* [[Son-Rise]]
* [[Speech therapy]]
* [[TEACCH]]
* [[Treatment and education of autistic and related communication handicapped children]]
* [[Vitamin B12]]

==Possibly associated conditions==
{{main|Conditions comorbid to autism spectrum disorders}}

These are conditions that people on the autism spectrum may suffer from more often than is typical.
* [[Alexithymia]]
* [[Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder]] (ADHD)
* [[Autistic enterocolitis]]
* [[Clinical depression]]
* [[Coeliac disease]]
* [[Communication disorder]]
* [[Crohn's disease]]
* [[Deafness]]
* [[Dyscalculia]]
* [[Dysgraphia]]
* [[Dyslexia]]
* [[Dyspraxia]]
* [[Echolalia]]
* [[Erotophobia]]
* [[Hyperlexia]]
* [[Inflammatory bowel disease]]
* [[Mental retardation]]
* [[Multiple-complex Developmental Disorder]]
* [[Multisystem Developmental Disorder]]
* [[Nonverbal learning disorder]]
* [[Obsessive Compulsive Disorder]]
* [[Picture thinking]]
* [[Pyroluria]]
* [[Semantic pragmatic disorder]]
* [[Sensory integration dysfunction]]
* [[Sensory defensiveness]]
* [[Sensory overload]]
* [[Social alienation]]

==See also==
{{portal|Pervasive Developmental Disorders}}
* [[Wikipedia:Notice board for autism-related topics]]

{{pervasive developmental disorders}}

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