The Nottingham Autism Research Team

Research into autism and autistic spectrum disorders
at the School of Psychology, University of Nottingham

This is a collection of links to helpful groups, blogs and sites which may be of interest to people who care about autism research in the Nottingham area. The Nottingham Autism Research Team does not endorse all the views expressed in all of these external links.

Links to autism resources

Nottingham Research Network in Special Educational Needs and Inclusion - a network for teachers, researchers and other professionals in the field of special educational needs. There is also a members only site for this group at Nottingham Research Network (SEN) - contact Anne Emerson anne.emerson@ntu.ac.uk for information about joining.

AutismConnect - a nationwide site with information and news about research in autism.

Nottingham Regional Society for Adults and Children with Autism

The National Autistic Society

International Society for Autism Research - a scientific organisation for autism researchers with an interesting annual conference (in London in 2008)

Interesting blogs and sites

Urville - a beautiful imaginary city created by a man with asperger's syndrome.

Wrong Planet - an online community for people with autism or aspergers and their parents.

Interesting books

Fundamentals of Development: The Psychology of Childhood by Peter Mitchell and Fenja Ziegler. An introduction to developmental psychology. Aimed at psychology undergraduates but also of general interest