Info Sheet: PACER Center: Be Your Own Best Advocate
This document addresses the importance of self-advocacy – a skill that can help young adults with disabilities obtain what they need and make their own choices.
Vanderbilt Kennedy Center: Inclusion in the Classroom
This fact sheet emphasizes the importance of including students with disabilities in general education classrooms.
Fact Sheet: Vanderbilt Kennedy Center: Inclusion in a Faith Community
This fact sheet addresses steps that a person with a disability or their family can take when searching for a faith community to join.
Fact Sheet: SSA: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Facts
This factsheet provides information about the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps.
Fact Sheet: CDC: Asperger Syndrome
This one-page fact sheet, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provides basic information about Asperger syndrome.
Fact Sheet: Virginia Commonwealth University – Supporting Individuals with Significant Disabilities: The Roles of a Job Coach
This fact sheet focuses on the key roles for job coaches who work in supported employment programs.
Fact Sheet: CDC: Autism Spectrum Disorders
This one-page fact sheet, developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, provides basic information about autism spectrum disorders.
Fact Sheet: Sexuality & Disability Consortium: Myths and Misperceptions of Disability and Sexuality
This fact sheet identifies seven common myths relating to disability and sexuality.
Fact Sheet: NICHCY: Autism Spectrum Disorders
This fact sheet, provided by the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities, offers basic information about autism spectrum disorders.
Fact Sheet: Tips for Teens – Use Your IEP Meetings to Learn How to Advocate for Yourself
This is a comprehensive fact sheet that discusses self advocacy through the IEP process. It addresses the definition of self-advocacy, how to practice self-advocacy, and tips for IEP meetings.
