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Nemeth, Dezso, et al. "Learning in Autism: Implicitly Superb." PLoS ONE 7 (2010): 1-7. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 9 Nov. 2010. Autistic people have memory and learning impairments, but recently researchers have studied how implicit learning in ASD is affected as well. ASD stands for Autism Spectrum Disorder, which includes social, motor, and communicative impairments. Implicit learning is the developing of a skill or information without consciousness to what was learned. Neurocognitive (thought) studies, and implicit cognition (unconcious influences such as knowledge) studies have received less attention. Studies have shown that children with Asberger's syndrome have better cognitive abilities that children with normal autism. Autistic children are more likely to forget the skills they have learned over the long term, but can use the results of implicit learning over a long period of time. ASD children compared to controlled show similar learning patterns in specific and general skill learning.

Lanter, Elizabeth, and Linda R. Watson. "Promoting Literacy in Students With ASD: The Basics for the SLP." Language, Speech & Hearing Services in Schools 39.1 (2008): 33-43. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 18 Nov. 2010. This article talks about how teachers are more concerned in their literacy teaching skills to people with autism. Research has found that oral language skills of autistic children are similar in their reading development. Teachers are trying to prepare children with ASD for standardized tests of literacy, and progress in higher levels of academics. Reading skills can improve their oral skills as well.

Gira, Kathy. "Understanding and Facilitating Reading Comprehension in Children with Autism." Illinois Reading Council Journal 38.2 (2010): 27-34. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 16 Nov. 2010. Autism is found to be four more times common in boys than girls. People diagnosed with ASD either are high functioning or low functioning. The people who are considered high functioning are categorized as having Aspergers Syndrom in the autism spectrum. People diagnosed with AS are being placed in regular classrooms because typically they have average intelligence, or above average intelligence. Children with autism have difficulties understanding important information, literal thinking styles, comprehending and thinking abstractly, and have difficulties with their organization skills. Because of their inability to think abstractly, they have a difficult time learning how to read. Autistic children don't have a great attention span, they have trouble learning the rules of grammar, and they lack the motivation to learn to read. Hyperlexia is a term used to describe some autistic people. It means they have an understanding of the pronunciation and recognition of a word, but they lack the comprehension of the meaning of the word.

This website is a description of what Austism specturm disorder is. It also explains treatments for Autism spectrum disorder. "Autism Spectrum Disorders in Children and Teens." Massachusetts General Hospital Home Page - Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA. Web. 21 Nov. 2010. .