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BRAIN
P.O. Box 5801
Bethesda, MD 20824
(800) 352-9424
http://www.ninds.nih.gov

Information also is available from the following organizations:

MAAP Services for Autism, Asperger Syndrome, and PDD P.O. Box 524 Crown Point, IN 46307 info@maapservices.org http://www.maapservices.org Tel: 219-662-1311 Fax: 219-662-0638	Autism Network International (ANI) P.O. Box 35448 Syracuse, NY 13235-5448 jisincla@syr.edu http://www.ani.ac
Autism Society of America 7910 Woodmont Ave. Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20814-3067 http://www.autism-society.org Tel: 301-657-0881 800-3AUTISM (328-8476) Fax: 301-657-0869	Autism Research Institute (ARI) 4182 Adams Avenue San Diego, CA 92116 director@autism.com http://www.autismresearchinstitute.com Tel: 866-366-3361 Fax: 619-563-6840
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) National Institutes of Health, DHHS 6001 Executive Blvd. Rm. 8184, MSC 9663 Bethesda, MD 20892-9663 nimhinfo@nih.gov http://www.nimh.nih.gov Tel: 301-443-4513/866-415-8051 301-443-8431 (TTY) Fax: 301-443-4279	National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Information Clearinghouse 1 Communication Avenue Bethesda, MD 20892-3456 nidcdinfo@nidcd.nih.gov http://www.nidcd.nih.gov Tel: 800-241-1044 800-241-1055 (TTD/TTY)

"Asperger Syndrome Fact Sheet," NINDS. Publication date January 2005.
NIH Publication No. 05-5624

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