Shirley Foundation

The Shirley Foundation, based in the UK, was established in 1996 by Dame Stephanie Shirley, who gave a substantial endowment to establish a charitable trust fund. The fund is used to initiate and support many projects, relating to IT and autism.

Awards have been given as follows:

£15m has been given to the Worshipful Company of Information Technologists and the Oxford Internet Institute.

Over £50m has been given for Autism Spectrum Disorders

Major gifts

Autism Cymru (until 2015)
Autism Research Centre
Autism Together
Autistica
Balliol College
National Autism Project
Oxford Internet Institute
Patrick Wild Centre
Prior's Court Foundation
The Kingwood Trust

Selected other gifts

1994-1999
Lifetime Economics of Autism
Good Autism Practice
Autism99
Distance Learning Certificate (Autism)
Volprof Charity Talks
Music for Children with Autism
All-Party Parliamentary Group for Autism
AutismConnect
Rycroft Assessment Centre (Autism)
Institute of Charitable Trustees
Welsh All-Party Group — later Autism Cymru
IT Centre, Wirral Autistic Society
Autism Initiatives
Virtual City — Nottingham University
Autism West Midlands
Scottish All-Party Group — Scottish Society for Autism
Jigsaw
Housing for Autism
Prevalence of Autism
Kaimes School for Autism, Edinburgh
Welsh School for Autism, Brondyffryn
Public Information Booklet — All about ASD
Public Information Booklet — for people with autism
Guide to Commissioning Services — Autism
Website: Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities

2000-2005
Disability Equality in Education
Psychological Aspects of Autism
Pyramid Educational Trust
Autism Funders’ Network Seminar on Autism
Advocacy/Expert Witness Service for Autism
PACE for the future
Music Therapy Conference (autism session)
Research into sleep disorders in children with autism
World Health Organisation (WHO) — Autism
Epidemiology of Asperger's syndrome
PEACH
Autism Awareness Day
Fundraising Advisory Service for Autistic Charities
Kaspar/National Alliance for Autism Research
New Philanthropy Capital — Autism Review
New York School for Autism
Lifetime Economics of Autism (update)

2006-2010
History of Autism — Conversations with the Pioneers
Autism Speaks
The Hoffmann Foundation for Autism
WHO Europe — Autism
Autism Forum
King Ecgbert's School Integrated Resource
WHO Global — Autism
Mortality & Morbidity in people with Autism
Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities
Oz child (music scholarship for autism)
Biomarkers in ASD and intellectual disability

2011-2015
Roundway Centre for Speech and Language Therapy
World Autism Awareness Exhibition
Ethics of Asperger’s syndrome
Autism biomarker study
Specialisterne Ireland
Global Health Network — Autism
Childhood Disintegrative Disorder Study
Employment and Autism
Quality of Life metrics — Autism

External links

Contact

The Shirley Foundation
Videcom House
Newtown Road
Henley on Thames
Oxfordshire
RG9 1HG

Autism resources

Autism
- outline
- spectrum

Awareness

Culture

Therapies

Psychotropic medication (antipsychotics)	Aripiprazole Risperidone

Applied behavior analysis (ABA)	Cognitive behavior therapy social skills training Discrete trial training (Lovaas) Early start denver model Pivotal response treatment Schoolwide positive behavior support

Developmental	Floortime (The PLAY Project)

Controversial	Auditory integration training Aversive therapy/Electric shocks (Judge Rotenberg Educational Center) Chelation of mercury Ethical challenges to autism treatment Facilitated communication Gluten-free casein-free diet Hug machine Hyperbaric oxygen therapy Holding therapy Relationship development intervention Secretin Sensory integration therapy Son-Rise Vitamin B12

Related	Occupational therapy Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) Social Stories Speech therapy SSRI antidepressants Structured teaching (TEACCH)

Centers

Research

United States	Association for Science in Autism Treatment Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative Autism Research Institute Autism Science Foundation National Alliance for Autism Research Yale Child Study Center

United Kingdom	Autism Research Centre (UK)

other / see also	Conditions and research areas Researchers

Therapy

United States	Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) MIND Institute

Schools

Organizations

Americas

United States	Athletes Against Autism Autism National Committee Autism Network International Autism Science Foundation Autistic Self Advocacy Network Autism Society of America Autism Speaks Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation Generation Rescue Interactive Autism Network LENA Foundation Talk About Curing Autism

other	Centro Ann Sullivan (Peru) Filipino-Canadian Autism Parent Support Group (Canada)

Asia

Caribbean

Europe

UK	Autism Anglia The Autism Directory Autism Awareness Campaign UK Autism Cymru Autism Plus Autistica National Autistic Society Sacar

other	Specialisterne (Denmark) Aspies For Freedom Alliance Autiste

Oceania

Luke Priddis Foundation (Australia)

International

Literature

Non-fiction	The Accidental Teacher: Life Lessons from My Silent Son Aspergirls: Empowering Females with Asperger's Syndrome Animals in Translation Autism's False Prophets Freaks, Geeks, and Asperger Syndrome: A User Guide to Adolescence Like Colour to the Blind Look Me in the Eye Mother Warriors Nobody Nowhere Overcoming Autism Somebody Somewhere Son-Rise: The Miracle Continues Strange Son Switched On Unstrange Minds Extreme Love: Autism

Fiction	The Mu Rhythm Bluff The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Dear John House Rules Mockingbird Saving Max Speed of Dark The Winter Journey With the Light

For younger people	Everybody Is Different: A Book for Young People Who Have Brothers or Sisters With Autism Ian's Walk: A Story about Autism Marcelo in the Real World Rage: A Love Story Rules

Journals	Autism Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders Molecular Autism Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Pervasive developmental disorders and autism spectrum (F84, 299)

Main	Causes Comorbid conditions Epidemiology Heritability Sociological and cultural aspects Medical model Therapies

Diagnoses	Autism spectrum (High-functioning autism Classic Autism Asperger syndrome Pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified Childhood disintegrative disorder Rett syndrome)

Related conditions	Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Anxiety disorder (obsessive–compulsive disorder) Einstein syndrome Epilepsy Fragile X syndrome Hyperlexia Savant syndrome Schizotypal autism Sensory processing disorder Intellectual disability Developmental coordination disorder Multiple complex developmental disorder

Controversies	Autism rights movement Autistic enterocolitis Facilitated communication MMR vaccine Thiomersal (Chelation)

Diagnostic scales	Gilliam Asperger's disorder scale Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule Autism Diagnostic Interview Autism-spectrum quotient Childhood Autism Rating Scale

Lists	Autism-related topics Fictional characters Schools

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