We have assembled a few key studies to assist in your research on autism. Media representatives who need assistance in locating experts to interview should call the AAP Department of Communications at 847-434-7877. Parent resources are available at www.aap.org/healthtopics/autism.cfm.

AAP Reports

• Identification and Evaluation of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
  Chris Plauché Johnson, Scott M. Myers and the Council on Children With Disabilities
  Pediatrics, Nov 2007; 120: 1183 - 1215.

• Management of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders
  Scott M. Myers, Chris Plauché Johnson the Council on Children With Disabilities
  Pediatrics, Nov 2007; 120: 1162 - 1182.

Research

• Measles vaccination and antibody response in autism spectrum disorders
  G Baird, A Pickles, E Simonoff, T Charman, P Sullivan, S Chandler, T Loucas, D Meldrum, M Afzal, B Thomas, L Jin, D Brown
  Archives of Disease in Childhood, Feb 5, 2008

• Mercury Levels in Newborns and Infants After Receipt of Thimerosal-Containing Vaccines
  Michael E. Pichichero, Angela Gentile, Norberto Giglio, Veronica Umido, Thomas Clarkson, Elsa Cernichiari, Grazyna Zareba, Carlos Gotelli, Mariano Gotelli, Lihan Yan, and John Treanor
  Pediatrics, Feb 2008; 121: e208 - e214.

• Continuing increases in autism reported to California's developmental services system: mercury in retrograde
  R Schechter, JK Grether
  Archives of General Psychiatry, Jan 2008 ;65(1):15-6.

• The Genetics of Autism (review article)
  Rebecca Muhle, Stephanie V. Trentacoste, and Isabelle Rapin
  Pediatrics, May 2004; 113: e472 - e486.

• Thimerosal and the Occurrence of Autism: Negative Ecological Evidence From Danish Population-Based Data
  Kreesten M. Madsen, Marlene B. Lauritsen, Carsten B. Pedersen, Poul Thorsen, Anne-Marie Plesner, Peter H. Andersen, and Preben B. Mortensen
  Pediatrics, Sep 2003; 112: 604 - 606.

In The News

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Other Resources

• Facts for Parents About Autism and Vaccine Safety

• What would happen if we stopped vaccinations? Information and statistics from the CDC on deaths and disease prevented by the U.S. immunization program.