Happy New Year 2013
iSTAR5 - Some highlights of the year – 2012
(to be continued !)
The best team to work
with:
The iSTAR team – thank you all for
making the project and programs and workshops and camps possible! – And to the
children, youth, and families that we work with – we dedicate to our efforts to you – and to more
communities in 2013. And to all of our supporters – thank you.
Special
thanks to Steve Gross, Tom Wyman, Cheri Daily, Valoree Dowell, and Troy D’Ambrosio, and the Lassonde
Center team, and Taylor Bench and Matt Gardner. Thanks to Temple Grandin and
Rosalie Winard for their support.
News event:
CDC and new estimate of autism prevalence: 1:88
Autism and Developmental
Disabilities Monitoring Network Surveillance Year 2008 Principal Investigators.
Prevalence of autism spectrum disorders--Autism and Developmental Disabilities
Monitoring Network, 14 sites, United States, 2008. MMWR Surveill Summ.
2012; 61(3): 1-19.
Research article:
Thinking of autism spectrum disorders for the long
term – the transition to adulthood
Shattuck P, Carter
Narendorf S, Cooper B, Sterzing P, Wagner M, Lounds Taylor J. Postsecondary
Education and Employment Among Youth With an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Pediatrics.
2012; 129 (6): 1-8.
Book:
Different…Not Less
An important publication by Temple Grandin that changes the outlook on
living on the spectrum across the life course – and for the better – and hope
for the future. Different...Not Less shows
how, with work, each of the contributors in her book:
- Found invaluable mentors
- Learned skills necessary for employment when young
- Became successfully employed
- Developed self-confidence
- Faced the challenges of forming and maintaining
relationships, and sometimes raising families
Journal:
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
After conducting a major review of the
literature for the iSTAR project, it is clear that The Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders carries a significant load of the scholarship related to ASD. JADD is the leading peer-reviewed,
scholarly periodical focusing on all aspects of autism spectrum disorders and
related developmental disabilities. Published monthly, JADD is committed to advancing the
understanding of autism, including potential causes and prevalence (e.g.,
genetic, immunological, environmental); diagnosis advancements; and effective
clinical care, education, and treatment for all individuals. Studies of
diagnostic reliability and validity, psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological
treatment efficacy, and mental health services effectiveness are encouraged. JADD also seeks to promote the
well-being of children and families by publishing scholarly papers on such
subjects as health policy, legislation, advocacy, culture and society, and
service provision as they pertain to the mental health of children and families.
iSTAR events - 2012
A visit from Temple
Grandin; and partnership with RocketHub
Our favorite software (via Trimble):
3D for everyone
Our best trips: The Dalles, OR and to Boulder, CO.
Google-Boulder and with Trimble team
The Dalles, OR
Google Data Center - The Dalles
