Friends,

Saw in Medicine on the Net a small blurb (one paragraph) this month on Autism Speaks new videos that show unaffected and affected children with autism.  I have a friend with a son who is autistic and these videos would have been helpful to her to see how her child was different at 12 months from other children.  It might be a nice referral website for parents who have newly diagnosed children. 

To view the videos it does require a registration but it is free.  The Medicine on the Net blurb discusses that the goal is for parents to look at and then bring suspicious behaviors to the attention of their physician since early screening and treatment is a big priority.  However the blurb mentions that some professionals feel that it may cause parents to worry for no reason. 

www.autismspeaks.org/video/glossary.php 

I think it would be useful for a parent with a newly diagnosed autistic child to understand the behaviors that are leading to that diagnosis.  The side by side videos are a very nice feature.  

Unfortunately the script (to describe what is going on) used under the videos is very technical and won't be of much use to anything with low (possibly even moderate) health literacy levels.  Still this one might be good to bookmark.

Julie

Julie Esparza
Clinical Medical Librarian
Department of Medical Library Science
LSU Health Sciences Center
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