Special Needs Tweets of the Day 8/8/13

1. Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities
http://www.yellowpagesforkids.com/

2. Back to School Made Easier with “Social Backpack” Strategies

http://special-ism.com/back-to-school-with-our-social-backpack-3/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Special-ism+%28Special-ism%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher#sthash.SHrTEFW9.dpbs

3. Tantrums, Meltdowns and More: Executive Dysfunction and Behavior 

 http://www.specialneedsdigest.com/2013/08/tantrums-meltdowns-and-more-executive.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FLUdSt+%28Special+Needs+Digest%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher

  4. Dyslexia Advocates Call for Changes In Classrooms, Standardized Testing

http://www.courant.com/news/education/hc-dyslexia-call-to-action-0806-20130805,0,4479263.story

5. Video: What Is Executive Function?

http://www.ncld.org/learning-disability-resources/videos/video-executive-function

6. Scientists Find New Genetic Link for Autism and Schizophrenia

http://gizmodo.com/scientists-find-new-genetic-link-for-autism-and-schizop-1040833992

7. Autism Risk-Factors Database Could Aid in Epidemiological Studies of the Disorder

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=autism-risk-factors-database-could-aid-in-studies-of-the-disorder