http://preemiehelp.com/

http://www.babycenter.com/premature-babies

https://www.adelaide.edu.au/hda/news/Pitcher.pdf

http://www.babycenter.com.au/a557706/premature-labour

http://preemies.about.com/od/parentingyourpreemie/f/NICUCare.htm

http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Premature_babies

http://www.crepreterm.org.au/news-views

http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs363/en/

http://www.health.vic.gov.au/neonatalhandbook/infections/immunisation-preterm-infants.htm

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/premature-birth/basics/definition/CON-20020050

International Classification (World Health Organization)

www.pervasivedevelopmentaldisorders.com/icd-10.htm

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) Criteria for autism (American Psychiatric Association)

www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/austism/hcp-dsm.html

www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism/diagnosis/dsm-5-diagnostic-criteria

Why vaccines do not cause autism

www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/concerns/austism/

Is there a cure for Autism?

www.autism.org.uk/About-autism/Autism-and-Asperger-syndrome-an-introduction/What-are-the-causes-is-there-a-cure/Is-there-a-cure.aspx

http:raisingchildren.net.au/therapies_services/asd_therapies_services.html

Assessment and Diagnosis

www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg128 for access to all elements of the guidelines or http://pathways.nic.org.uk/pathways/autism for the recommended pathway

www.amaze.org.au/discover/about-autism-spectrum-disorder/assessment-diagnosis/and for more detail www.amaze.org.au/uploads/2013/06/ASD-Diagnosis-Assessment-Guidelines-Victoria-2009.pdf

www.autism.org.uk/about-autism/all-about-diagnosis.aspx

Different diagnostic tests that can be used http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD009044/abstract

Early Identification and intervention http://www.latrobe.edu.au/otarc 

Autistic children improved reading, brain activity after 10-week reading intervention

Children with ASD have less brain connectivity between areas of the brain necessary for reading. The Lindamood-Bell reading intervention (Visualizing and Verbalizing for Language Comprehension and Thinking)  teaches children to form images when they read and hear language.  This imagery-language connection in the brain improves oral and reading comprehension, vocabulary and higher-order thinking skills. It capitalises on the fact that ASD children are relatively better at visual/spatial  processing and uses this strength to improve language comprehension. The ASD children in this study improved brain connectivity which correlated with improvements in reading comprehension. It is yet another example of brain plasticity.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/06/150623180406.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Ftop_news%2Ftop_health+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Top+Health+News%29

ADHD Criteria/diagnostics

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders, fifth edition (DSM-5) Criteria for ADHD (American Psychiatric Association)

www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/diagnosis.html

Guidelines for ADHDwww.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg72/chapter/guidance#treatment-for-children-and-young-people