Website: Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders – About DIR/Floortime
This website provides an explanation of the Developmental, Individual Difference, Relationship-based (DIR/Floortime) framework.
Guide: Disability Policy and Studies, University of Missouri – Adult Autism and Employment: A guide for rehabilitation professionals
This guide provides information geared to professions who work in vocational rehabilitation about how the features of people with ASD and the needs of the workplace interact.
Website: U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP): Disability.gov
Disability.gov is a federal government website that provides information about disability-related programs, services, laws, and benefits.
Website: Special Olympics
The Special Olympics provides year-round sports training and competitions in Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities.
Training Materials: The TONI-4 Test
The TONI-4 offers clinicians an assessment of intelligence, aptitude, abstract reasoning, and problem solving.
Training Materials: The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
The The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders brings this essential diagnostic tool up-to-date, to promote effective diagnosis, treatment, and quality of care.
Brief: The Affordable Care Act – A Side-by-Side Comparison for Children with Special Needs
This brief provides concise descriptions of the provisions in the Affordable Care Act related to providing universal and continuous, adequate, and affordable coverage for children and youth with special health care needs, including autism.
Academic Research: Identifying Physical Activity Determinants in Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders
This article found that age and time spent in sedentary activities did negatively impact the amount of physical exercise youth with autism spectrum disorder did; however, the role of the parents did not seem to impact children.
Academic Research: Increasing Children’s Physical Activity: A Peer Modeling, Rewards and Pedometers-based Intervention
This academic study evaluated a particular type of intervention that uses a group of fictional peers who eat and discuss the benefits of eating fruit and vegetables, rewards children for eating fruits and vegetables and more.
Website: Physical Activity Guidelines
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services publishes the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans to emphasize the importance of an active and healthy lifestyle.
