Guide: The Kansas Personal Assistance Supports and Services (KPASS) Self-Direction Toolkit

The purpose of the Kansas Self-Direction Toolkit is to provide people with disabilities the information and tools they need to hire and manage their personal assistant supports and services.

Guide: Adult Autism and Employment: A Guide for Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals

This guide. produced for vocational rehabilitation professionals and employment services providers, contains information about how the features of people with ASD and the needs of the workplace interact.

Guide: College Planning for Students with Disabilities

This booklet explains the process of preparing for and beginning college.

Guide: Accessible Information Exchange – Meeting on a Level Playing Field

This guide is provided by the U.S Department of Justice and complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Guide: The Journey to Adulthood – What Parents Need to Know

This handbook is designed for parents of teens with disabilities, offering 10 tools and strategies to help navigate puberty and adolescence.

Guide: The United States Congress – Rosa’s Law

This law, which was passed in 2010, changed the words “mental retardation” to “intellectual disability” in all US government documents.

Guide: Understanding Medicaid Home and Community Services: A Primer

This primer, downloadable as a PDF, explains how the Medicaid program can be used to expand access to a broad range of home and community services and supports for people of all ages with disabilities.

Guide: Reaching and Teaching Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Best Practices Guide

The purpose of the guide is to provide information and best practice guidance for teachers, paraprofessionals, related service providers, parents and administrators in educating children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Guide: U.S. Department of Justice – A Guide to Disability Rights Laws

This guide has descriptions of 10 acts that are related to disability and other statute citations, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Rehabilitation Act with all its various sections

Handbook: US Department of Education – Students with Disabilities Preparing for Postsecondary Education

This pamphlet describes the rights and responsibility of students with autism and other disabilities that are looking at and preparing to pursue post-secondary education.