SPECIALIST BOOKSHOPS
Below are some Australian suppliers of books and resources.
- Open Leaves Bookshop
79 Cardigan Street, Carlton, VIC, 3053
Phone: (03) 9347 2355
Fax: (03) 9347 2344
Email: openleaves@iprimus.com.au
Web: www.openleaves.com.au
- Co-Ordinates Occupational Therapy Service & Bookshop
10 Collier Crescent, Brunswick, VIC, 3055
Phone: (03) 9380 1127
Fax: (03) 9387 4829
Email: jenny@therapybookshop.com
Web: www.autismbookshop.com
- <book in hand>
PO Box 899, Redcliffe, QLD, 4020
Free Phone: 1800 505 221
Fax: (07) 3885 8526
Email: blackman@eis.net.au
Web: www.bookinhand.com.au
- Footprint Books (supplier of Jessica Kingsley Publications)
1/6A Prosperity Parade, Warriewood, NSW, 2102
Phone: (02) 9997 3973
Fax: (02) 9997 3185
Email: sales@footprint.com.au
Web: www.footprint.com.au
- Unicom Education (books, games and software)
26a Anthony Street, South Perth, WA 6151
Phone: (08) 9474 9705
Email: unicomeducation@ozemail.com.au
Web: www.unicomeducation.com.au
- Peoplemaking (Personal and Professional Development Books and Resources)
375 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, VIC 3124
Phone: (03) 9813 2533
Email: books@peoplemaking.com.au
International Sources
These overseas web sites provide resource listings and catalogues and may help in the location of items not readily available in Australia.
www.autism-resources.com - a privately managed site in the US that attempts to list most books about Autism Spectrum Disorder and related topics that are published.
www.nas.org.uk - the official site of the National Autistic Society in the United Kingdom. The site contains a comprehensive Publications Catalogue at http://www.nas.org.uk/nas/jsp/polopoly.jsp?d=109
www.autism.org - this is the home page for the Center for the Study of Autism in Oregon, USA. The Center is a source of information about many of the non-mainstream, or alternative approaches to the treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders, and conducts research on the efficacy of various therapeutic interventions. Much of their research is in collaboration with the Autism Research Institute in San Diego, California that has a web site at www.autism.com/ari/.
www.autismdigest.com - this is the site of the Future Horizons publication, the Autism - Asperger's Digest Magazine. This is an excellent resource in magazine format. It is available for loan from the Autism Victoria Library, or by subscription via their website.