American Psychiatric Association. (APA). (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (4th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
2.
BaronM.GrodenJ.GrodenG.LipsittL. (2006). Stress and coping in autism. New York: Oxford University Press.
3.
BartelsM.deGeusE. J.KirschbaumC.SluyterF.BoomsmaD. I. (2003). Heritability of daytime cortisol levels in children. Behavior Genetics, 33, 421–433.
4.
BradleyE. A.SummersJ. A.WoodH. L.BrysonS. E. (2004). Comparing rates of psychiatric and behavioral disorders in adolescents and young adults with severe intellectual disability with and without autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 34, 151–161.
5.
CarrE.LevinL.McConnachieG.CarlsonJ.KempD.SmithC. (1994). Communication-based intervention for problem behavior: A user's guide for producing positive change. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
6.
CorbettB. A.MendozaS.AbdullahM.WegelinJ. A.LevineS. (2006). Cortisol circadian rhythms and response to stress in children with autism. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 31, 59–68.
7.
de BrunhoffL. (2006). Babar's yoga for elephants. New York: Abrams Image.
8.
DunnW. (2007). Supporting children to participate successfully in everyday life by using sensory processing knowledge. Infants and Young Children, 20, 84–101.
9.
FlanneryK. B.HomerR. H. (1994). The relationship between predictability and problem behavior for students with severe disabilities. Journal of Behavioral Education, 4, 157–176.
10.
GoodwinM. S.GrodenJ. G.VelicerW. F.DillerA. (2007). Validating the stress survey schedule for persons with autism and other developmental disabilities. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 22, 183–189.
11.
HaussmannM. F.VleckC. M.FarrarE. S. (2007). A laboratory exercise to illustrate increased salivary cortisol in response to three stressful conditions using competitive ELISA. Advances in Physiology Education, 31, 110–115.
12.
JansenL. M.de WiedGispen C. C.JansenM. A.van der GaagR. J.MatthysW.van EngelandH. (1999). Pituitary-adrenal reactivity in a child psychiatric population: Salivary cortisol response to stressors. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 9, 67–75.
LeeL. C.HarringtonR. A.LouieB. B.NewschafferC. J. (2007). Children with autism: Quality of life and parental concerns. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorder, 38, 1147–1160. Retrieved December 6, 2007, from http://www.springerlink.com/content/7451551812511577.
15.
MithaugD.MithaugD.AgranM.MartinJ.WehmeyerM. L. (2003). Self, determined learning theory construction, verification, and evaluation. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
16.
MorganK. (2006). Is autism a stress disorder? In BaronM.GrodenJ.GrodenG.LipsittL. (Eds.), Stress and coping in autism (pp. 129–182). New York: Oxford University Press.
17.
NacewiczB.DaltonK.JohnstoneT.LongM.McAuliffE.OakesT. (2006). Amygdala volume and nonverbal social impairment in adolescent and adult males with autism. Archives of General Psychiatry, 63, 1417–1428.
18.
NolteJ. (2002). The human brain. St. Louis, MO: Mosby.
19.
PrupasA.ReidG. (2001). Effects of exercise frequency on stereotypic behaviors of children with developmental disorders. Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disorders, 36, 196–206.
20.
RichdaleA. L.PriorM. R. (1992). Urinary cortisol circadian rhythm in a group of high functioning children with autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 22, 433–447.
21.
SelyeH. (1956). The stress of life. New York: McGraw Hill.
22.
SweenenT. L.PoseyD. J.ShekharA.McDougleD. J. (2002). The amygdala and related structures in the pathophysiology of autism. Pharmacology, Biochemistry, and Behavior, 71, 449–455.
23.
TaniP.LindbergN.MattoV.AppelbergB.von WendtNieminen T.von WendtL. (2005). Higher plasma ACTH levels in adults with Asperger syndrome. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 58, 533–536.
24.
TaylorJ. F. (2007). Practical strategies and interventions for sensory processing disorder in children and adolescents. Franklin, TN: Summit Professional Education.
25.
Van BourgondienM. E. (1996). Intervention for adults with autism. Journal of Rehabilitation, 62, 1–10.