Guide: Possibilities: A Financial Resource for Parents of Children with Disabilities
This resource is intended to be a guide to help parents manage money, and plan for their child’s financial future and overall well-being.
Guide: The National Autism Center: A Parent’s Guide to Evidence-Based Practice and Autism
This guide, developed by the National Autism Center, provides information about evidence-based practices to help parents make informed decisions about the appropriate intervention services.
Website: Do2learn
Do2learn provides social skills and behavioral regulation activities and guidance, learning songs and games, communication cards, academic material, and transition guides for employment and life skills.
Website: Help Autism Now Society
Help Autism Now Society (HANS) is an organization dedicated to helping families by supporting physicians and other professionals in the early recognition and diagnosis of autism.
Book: Autism: Living with My Brother Tiger
This children’s book tells the story of a young boy named Jason, whose life changes after the birth of Tiger, his little brother who has autism.
Webpage: The Autism Program of Illinois: Tips & Tools
This webpage contains tip sheets and other useful resources from The Autism Program of Illinois (TAP).
Tip Sheet: The Autism Program of Illinois: How to Address Specific Toilet Training Problems
This tip sheet provides strategies for handling some of the challenges associated with toilet training.
Article: UC Davis: Autism Early Invention Found to Normalize Brain Activity in Children as Young as 18 Months
This article discusses a study regarding the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), an intervention method that fuses a play-based, developmental, relationship-based approach and the teaching methods of applied behavioral analysis.
Research Article: Social Integration in Employment Settings: Application of Intergroup Contact Theory
This study used a survey of 106 employment specialists to test the ability of intergroup contact theory to explain social integration outcomes of employees with disabilities.
Research Article: Romantic Relationships and Interpersonal Violence Among Adults With Developmental Disabilities
The purpose of this study was to explore dating and romantic relationships among these adults and to identify the nature and extent of interpersonal violence in their relationships.
