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Friendship and Social Inclusion
Specific information on supporting friendships between people with and without disabilities, and programs that are successful in community inclusion.
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Books, Publications & Reports (printed and/or online) (72 Products)
Electronic Media (44 Products)
Organizations, Programs, and Projects (26 Products)
Online Forums (1 Products)
Other (6 Products)
People Who Can Help (5 Products)
Books, Publications & Reports (printed and/or online)
 | "Aunt Katie's Visit"
"Aunt Katie's Visit" is a great first book on disabilities for children and adults to read and have a conversation about people with disabilities. | | 101 Ways to Make Friends: Ideas and Conversation Starters for People with Disabilities and Their Supporters, 2nd Edition
This manual shows many ways that people with disabilities can make friends. | | 60 Social Situations and Discussion Starters to Help Teens on the Autism Spectrum Deal with Friendships, Feelings, Conflict and More
This book use real life examples to help people on the autism spectrum learn social skills. | | A 5 Is Against the Law! Social Boundaries – Straight Up! An Honest Guide for Teens and Young Adults
This book teaches young people ways to keep track of their feelings and behaviors. It may be especially helpful to people who have Asperger's syndrome. | | A Guide to Building Community Membership for Older Adults with Disabilities
This spiral-bound 104 page manual provides practical steps and strategies toward helping older adults with disabilities get connected with their communities.
| | A Very Special Wedding
A TIME magazine article about a couple with Down syndrome who decided to take the plunge and get married. | | ABCD in Action: When People Care Enough to Act
This book and DVD suggest a step-by-step way to build partnerships. These partnerships help people with disabilities become more involved in their communities. | | Adults with Down Syndrome
This book addresses issues that affect adults with Down syndrome. It highlights research and gives practical advice to these adults, as well as their families and friends, to support them in leading healthy and independent lives. | | Asperger Syndrome and Social Relationships: Adults Speak Out about Asperger Syndrome
This book has ideas to help people with Asperger's Syndrome learn to develop friendships. | | Augmentative and Alternative Communication (4th Edition)
This book explains communication technologies that help people meet their communication needs. | | Be Different: Adventures of a Free-Range Aspergian with Practical Advice for Aspergians, Misfits, Families & Teachers
The book is about the author's life with autism. He also offers advice to others who have autism or who know someone who does. | | Breaking Bread, Nourishing Connections: People with and without Disabilities Together at Mealtime
This is an easy-to-use book with poems, personal stories and photographs from people around the world to show how mealtime can be a chance for people with and without disabilities to spend time getting to know and appreciate each other. | | Community Connection Curriculum
This manual has a staff training curriculum for staff to help
people with disabilities have more friends and relationships with
ordinary community members. It has specific training steps, charts,
and worksheets.
| | Community Integration Policy and Practice Abstracts
This product is a listing of journal articles about community integration and community inclusion. It includes a brief summary of each article. | | Connecting People: The steps to making it happen
A guide about helping people with disabilities to meet and get to know other people in their community. There is also a video on YouTube. | | Counselling People on the Autism Spectrum A Practical Manual
This book explains the emotional needs common to people who have Autism. It has ideas useful for professional counselers, and also for people who have Autism, their family members and friends. | | Crossing the River: Creating a conceptual revolution in community & disability
This classic book discusses real community integration and belonging for individuals with disabilities. | | DO You Understand Me?
This book offers an insider's view of life as a child with autism who attends a mainstream school. It is helpful to all children in understanding their classmates with disabilities like autism. | | Feeling Comfortable with People Who Have Disabilities
This booklet reviews the facts behind eight disability labels. It also provides tips for inclusion. | | Feeling Good About Yourself: A Guide for People Working with People Who Have Disabilities or Low Self-Esteem
Provides information and activities on self-esteem, socialization skills, sex information, decision making, assertiveness, and preventing victimization. | | Friends & Inclusion: Five Approaches to Building Relationships
A book about building friendships and living a more inclusive life. It is written by two parents with help from their daughter. | | Friendships and Community Connections between People with and without Developmental Disabilities
A book about promoting friendships with community members and full community inclusion | | From Communication and Safety to Self-Esteem and More - 10 Essential Abilities Every Child Needs and Deserves to Learn
This book reviews life skills and people who have austism spectrum disorders. | | From Institutions to Individuals: On becoming person-centred
This book has stories written by, for, and about people who have intellectual disabilities. | | How To Understand Autism- The Easy Way
This book provides many ideas and examples that help the reader to understand Autism. | | Hug Me, Touch Me (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain when it is, and is not OK to hug or touch other people. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. | | Hygiene and Related Behaviors for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum and Related Disorders: A Fun Curriculum with a Focus on Social Understanding
This book teaches social and life skills. | | Impact: Feature Issue on Faith Communities and Persons with Developmental Disabilities
A collection of articles that introduce key issues, provide examples of exemplary programs, share personal stories, and provide resources for persons interested in building inclusive fath communities | | Impact: Feature Issue on Social Inclusion Through Recreation for Persons with Disabilities
This issue of the Impact newsletter is about ways to increase the social inclusion of people with disabilities through recreation. | | Impact: Feature Issue on Supporting the Social Well-Being of Children and Youth with Disabilities
This issue of the Impact newsletter is about ways adults can support the social well-being of youth with disabilities. | | In Community- Practical lessons in supporting isolated people to be part of community
This book explains how to help people with disabilities who are left out to become active members of their communities. It has stories and ideas from all over the world. | | In My Shoes
A series of staff training games that create simulations of experiences and environments for consumers, families, co-workers and paid staff. | | Including People with Disabilities in Faith Communities: A Guide for Service Providers, Families, and Congregations
A book with guides to help people with developmental disabilities to be part of the faith community of their choice. It helps congregations be more welcoming and creative. It teaches support staff how to pay attention to people's spiritual needs. | | Inclusion Press
This group has many books and DVDs to help people learn about topics like person-centered planning and social inclusion. | | Learning the Hidden Curriculum: The Odyssey of One Autistic Adult
This book helps people who have Autism learn about social cues. It is written by a woman with first hand experience. | | Leisure, Integration and Community
This book is for recreation and leisure therapists and other professionals about supporting community change for people with disabilities to have full leisure lifestyles and be participating members of their communities. | | Let's Talk Relationships: Activities for Exploring Love, Sex, Friendship and Family With Young People 2nd Edition
This book has activities to teach young people who have autism about relationships. | | Life and Love: Positive Strategies for Autistic Adults
This book is written by a woman who has Asperger's Syndrome. In the book she gives ideas on how to handle daily life activities. | | Life in the Community
A report of a research project. The project focused on daytime services and ways to include people with disabilities in their communities. | | Living Well on the Spectrum
This book has ideas for people on the autism spectrum to improve the quality of their lives. | | Make a Difference: A Guidebook for Person-Centered Direct Support
Guides a Learning Journey that supports action-learning about relationship building, planning with people in a person-centered way, supporting choice, & building community inclusion. | | Mike's Crush
This book has lessons for youth with Asperger's syndrome about relationships and boundaries. There is also a version for families. | | Next Chapter Book Club: A Model Community Literacy Program for People with Intellectual Disabilities
The book is about forming a book club for people with disabilities. | | On the Road to Congregational Inclusion: Dimensions of Faith and Congregational Ministries with Persons with Developmental Disabilities and Their Families
This guide has many resources helpful to clergy, laypersons, families and service providers. | | Petroglyphs - Book & Video tape
This photo essay shows why inclusive classes are important for high school students with disabilities. There is a book and a movie. | | Quality in Practice: Social Roles
A resource guide that provides tips on how organizations can seek to intentionally build social roles for all the people they support | | Receiving the Gift of Friendship: Profound Disability, Theological Anthropology, and Ethics
A book that challenges the way people think in order to promote community inclusion and belonging for people with disabilities. | | Riding The Bus With My Sister: A True Life Journey
A true story about a woman with a developmental disability, her professor sister, and the city bus trip that brings them back to each other. | | Seeing the Charade: What We Need to Do and Undo to Make Friendships Happen
This book shows how hard it is for youth who have disabilities to make friends. | | Sexuality and Cerebral Palsy
A book about sexuality written for people who have cerebral palsy. It is a good book for all people to read, including those with other disabilities. Click on the links tab to see and read the entire book online. | | Sharing Community: Strategies, Tips and Lessons Learned From Experiences of Community Building at Options
Through photos and stories, this handbook has twenty tips and lessons for helping people with developmental disabilities to have community membership | | Social Behavior and Self-Management: 5-Point Scales for Adolescents and Adults
This book helps people who have autism understand their feelings. This can make it easier to be a self-advocate and also to make friends. | | Social Inclusion at Work
This book gives readers clear ways to help people with disabilities work together with and build friendships with others. It focuses on the places where people work. | | Social Skills for Teenagers and Adults with Asperger Syndrome A Practical Guide to Day-to-Day Life
This book is about helping people with Asperger's Syndrome learn social skills and make friends. It has tools for youth to work through to practice the skills. The entire book is available to read online. | | Social Smart Kids Discussion Cards- Social Flash Cards
Social Smart Kids Discussion Cards assist users to improve their social skills. There are 52 cards, each showing a different social situation. Some of the topics include: personal space; bullying/teasing; and peer pressure.
| | Support Networks A Guide for Self Advocates
This booklet gives self-advocates ideas on how to build a support nerwork. | | The ABC's of Ability
This book uses pictures and simple words to explain what is important to people with disabilities. It covers work, play, and contribution. | | The Careless Society: Community and Its Counterfeits
A book about full community inclusion | | The Citizen (Newsletter)
A newsletter with stories of people with disabilities and events in British Columbia, Canada. | | The Common Thread
A collection of stories about friendship and community building | | The Community Place
A book about the experiences developing The Community Place in
Manchester, Connecticut -- a community gathering place that became much more.
| | The Company of Others
"The Company of Others" addresses ways in which caring relationships can reduce loneliness and isolation. | | The Complexities of Community Building
Report on a national conference on community-building | | The Guide to Dating for Teenagers with Asperger Syndrome
This book is a conversation starter about dating. It can be read with a teacher or a parent. | | The Hidden Curriculum: Practical Solutions for Understanding Unstated Rules in Social Situations
This book has advice on teaching and learning those subtle messages that are sometimes hard to understand. It is written for teachers and parents. | | The Short Bus: A Journey Beyond Normal
A book about a man on a journey to meet people who have been labeled abnormal. He learns that word "disability" should never define a person. | | The Social and Life Skills Menu: A Skill Building Workbook for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders
This book helps people with Autism Spectrum Disorder learn how to get along in the world. There are many questionnaires and work sheets to help. | | The Social Success Workbook for Teens: Skill-Building Activities for Teens with Nonverbal Learning Disorder, Asperger's Disorder & Other Social-Skill
This workbook has activities to help people develop social skills. | | The Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives of Autism
The authors of this book use stories from their lives to talk about social relationships and autism. | | Under Cottonwoods: A Novel of Friendship, Fly Fishing and Redemption
A coming of age novel with a heart-tugging twist, in which two Wyoming friends, both scarred and damaged but both intensely whole, are drawn together by their love of flyfishing and the outdoors.
| | What's wrong with Timmy?
This children's book is a short story about a girl who becomes friends with a boy named Timmy who has intellectual disabilities. | | Who Cares? Rediscovering Community
This is an inspiring book by David Schwartz, an original thinker about fully caring and inclusive communities. This book talks about both formal and informal ways to rediscover a sense of lost community. |
Electronic Media (Videos, CDs, T.V., Radio, Websites, etc.)
| ABCD in Action: When People Care Enough to Act
This book and DVD suggest a step-by-step way to build partnerships. These partnerships help people with disabilities become more involved in their communities. | | Asperger's Difference DVD: A Film For and About Young People with Asperger's Syndrome
This DVD is about people with Asperger's Syndrome. | | AutismVision
AutismVision is a video presentation to educate the classmates of children with autism. DVD and resource book were specifically developed for increasing social inclusion of children with autism, ages 8 to 11, in general education classrooms.
| | Be Good to Eddie Lee
A short film about a friendship between a young girl and a neighbor boy with Down syndrome. This film was inspired by the popular children's book, "Be Good to Eddie Lee" written by Virginia Fleming
| | Beyond Disability
This is a video put together by a group of empowered young women with disabilities to discover the difference between how they see themselves and how others see them. | | By Any Other Name
This film shows a friendship between a man who has Down syndrome and his co-worker. You can watch a preview online. | | Connecting People: The steps to making it happen
A guide about helping people with disabilities to meet and get to know other people in their community. There is also a video on YouTube. | | Disabled Dating- Dating4Disabled.com
Online community offers blogs, forums, dating and more. Aimed at facilitating social and romantic development in a supportive and understanding environment. Fun way to make new friends, and find a partner for life. Membership is free and non-committal. | | Doin' It: Sex, Disability, & Videotape
The Empowered Fe Fe's is a group of young women with disabilities from Chicago. They created a film about being a teenager and having a disability. | | e-Buddies
e-Buddies creates e-mail friendships between people with and without developmental disabilities. | | For Safekeeping: First Responders Autism Training Video
This 20-min video shows how to recognize, approach, and communicate with persons who have autism. It is ideal for school, hospital, & church staff anywhere. Thi video has been successfully used to train police, fire, & other emergency personnel in Mass. | | Fostering Friendships for People with and without Disabilities
This training on this CD promotes friendships between children and young adults with and without disabilities. | | Going to School (Ir a la Escuela)
Video on inclusion, special education, & empowering children with disabilities & their parents. | | Hug Me, Touch Me (From the "Books Beyond Words" series)
This book uses a story with drawings to explain when it is, and is not OK to hug or touch other people. It is easy to understand and can be read together with a helper. | | I BELONG OUT THERE
The real life examples in the video and the 16 pages of reproducible printed resources will encourage and motivate staff and people with disabilities to participate and succeed in community activities. An award winning entertaining resource. | | I Know How to Act DVD
This DVD teaches helpful social skills. It is designed for adolescents but may also work with adults. | | iBelong
This website helps adults with intellectual disabilities build friendships. There is also information for families and educators. | | ilivewithadisability.com
A social networking website of people who have disabilities. | | Impact: Feature Issue on Social Inclusion Through Recreation for Persons with Disabilities
This issue of the Impact newsletter is about ways to increase the social inclusion of people with disabilities through recreation. | | Impact: Feature Issue on Supporting the Social Well-Being of Children and Youth with Disabilities
This issue of the Impact newsletter is about ways adults can support the social well-being of youth with disabilities. | | Inclusion Network: Workshops, Training Events And Resources For Inclusion
A website with a lot of information about community inclusion and people with disabilities. | | Inclusion of Older Adults Within Everyday Community Life
A video about two older adults with developmental disabilities, who previously lived in institutions, express their desire to become part of everyday American life. | | Inclusion Press
This group has many books and DVDs to help people learn about topics like person-centered planning and social inclusion. | | Jacob's Turn
A short documentary about a boy with Down syndrome and his love of baseball.
| | Life in the Community
A report of a research project. The project focused on daytime services and ways to include people with disabilities in their communities. | | LifePages.org
A web site with information about recreation and leisure activities, services, advocacy, and other useful things to persons with disabilities who live in Minnesota. | | Manners For the Real World: Basic Social Skills (DVD)
This DVD teaches good social behavior. | | Mr. Blue Sky
A love story about a woman with Down syndrome and a man without a disability.
| | On the Road to Congregational Inclusion: Dimensions of Faith and Congregational Ministries with Persons with Developmental Disabilities and Their Families
This guide has many resources helpful to clergy, laypersons, families and service providers. | | Petroglyphs - Book & Video tape
This photo essay shows why inclusive classes are important for high school students with disabilities. There is a book and a movie. | | Philia.ca website
A web-site committed to full citizenship and community inclusion for people with developmental disabilities. | | PLAN Institute
PLAN Institute provides training, consultation, research and publications on the values, concepts and actions of caring citizens, particularly as they relate to persons with disabilities.
| | Policy approaches to framing social inclusion and social exclusion: An overview
This report explains the need, and pushes for better social inclusion policy. | | Shattered Lives: A Study of Autism
A film about autism in France. It uses case studies of infants, children, teens and adults all across the spectrum of autism. | | Sidecars
A film about a friendship between a young man and a young woman. Justin has autism and Lyndsley who is Justin's art student has a condition called Polymyositis. | | Social Participation and Rural/Vulnerable Communities: Does Asset Ownership Matter?
This paper is based on a comprehensive review of the relevant literature. It examines the impact of owning your own home on meaningful and participatory social inclusion. | | Spread the Word to End the Word
A website to help end the use of the word "retarded." | | Strong Love
A film about the life of two people who decide to get married. Both were born with Down syndrome and one of them is a World-class weight lifter | | The Arc PSA - Respect
A TV commercial that talks about and shows the importance of dignity and respect for people with intellectual disabilities. There is a link to watch it on YouTube. | | The Citizen (Newsletter)
A newsletter with stories of people with disabilities and events in British Columbia, Canada. | | The Relationship Series
This is an innovative DVD series on relationships for people with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities. Includes #1 - The Friendship Series, 3 parts; #2 - The Boyfriend/Girlfriend Series, 3 parts; #3 - The Sexuality Series, 3 parts. | | TrueTube: Disability - Love & Disability
The video is about Alex and Sarah, a couple in a relationship. Sarah has a disability, Alex does not. | | Weaving the Ties that Bind
This inspiring, practical on-line course teaches how to build and facilitate social networks for people who are socially isolated. It will help develop your confidence as the facilitator and will introduce you to Tyze, an online social networking site. | | Web Calendar of Disability Related Events
Web Calendar of Disability Related Events: Online Events, International Events, National Events and Events in Illinois. Free publishing for any event that is relevant to a disabled community and disabled community research. |
Organizations, Programs, and Projects
| Best Buddies International, Inc.
A non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for one-to-one friendships and integrated employment. | | Break Through Inc.
Since 1978 our mission has been to expand awareness of and sensitivity towards persons with disabilities. We will motivate people of all abilities not only to work with others, but to encourage one another as well! | | Camp Friendship
Resident camp sessions offered summer and winter holiday. Day/weekend options also available. Designed for persons w/developmental, physical or multiple disabilities, special medical needs, Down Syndrome, autism, or other conditions. ACA accredited. | | Camp New Hope
Camp New Hope is operated by Friendship Ventures and offers traditional summer resident camp sessions for children and adults with disabilties. | | Community Building Partners
A five-year project to join persons with disabilities and community members throughout New Jersey. | | Community Connections via Social Connections
A program in Ohio that assisted people with disabilities to become involved in community activities. | | Community Education Network on Disability
A network of community education programs serving adults with disabilities in Minnesota. | | Congregational Accessibility Network
A network of people and a website with tools to promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities in faith communities. | | Denver Adult Down Syndrome Clinic
This clinic is for people who have Down syndrome and live in Colorado. It provides medical care, as well as social and wellness support. | | Disabled Dating- Dating4Disabled.com
Online community offers blogs, forums, dating and more. Aimed at facilitating social and romantic development in a supportive and understanding environment. Fun way to make new friends, and find a partner for life. Membership is free and non-committal. | | e-Buddies
e-Buddies creates e-mail friendships between people with and without developmental disabilities. | | Empowerment Network Unlimited, Inc.
Empowerment Network Unlimited, Inc. is a private non-profit corporation that value-based information, training, grant writing, and other services to help people with disabilities and those supporting them to pursue inclusive lifestyles. | | EXPAND (Exciting Programs Adventures and New Dimensions) Program
This program makes leisure opportunities happen for persons with disabilities. It is part of Boulder, Colorado's city Parks and Recreation Department | | Friendship Ministries
Friendship Ministries provides information and new ideas for helping people with disablities learn about faith and become members of a church. | | Inclusion Research Institute
A research and information center that shares ideas about recent innovations promoting the inclusion of persons with disabilities in all types of settings. | | Mitzvah Madness volunteer opportunities
A website that lists current volunteer opportunities in Minneapolis Minnesota. | | National Alliance for Accessible Golf/Project GAIN
The purpose of The National Alliance for Accessible Golf is to increase participation of people with disabilities in the game of golf. | | Neighbours Inc. Consulting and Training Services
Neighbours Inc. is an innovative non-profit organization created specifically to support people with disabilities and their families in choosing and designing a life for themselves within their local towns and neighborhoods. | | Next Chapter Book Clubs
These are book clubs that include everyone, even people not able to read. | | On the Road to Congregational Inclusion: Dimensions of Faith and Congregational Ministries with Persons with Developmental Disabilities and Their Families
This guide has many resources helpful to clergy, laypersons, families and service providers. | | Pathways to Independence Natural Supports project
A program that finds and shares natural ways that youth with disabilities can be fully included in school, work and community life. | | Peaceful Living
Peaceful Living is a faith-based advocacy service for children and adults to help them build life-long friendships within their faith communities. It is located in Pennsylvania. | | PLAN Institute
PLAN Institute provides training, consultation, research and publications on the values, concepts and actions of caring citizens, particularly as they relate to persons with disabilities.
| | The "Start with Hi" campaign
This program encourages everyone to "Start With Hi" when meeting a person with disabilities. It is meant to help everyone feel safe and included in communities. The program's website invites anyone to share a success story using YouTube or Twitter. | | Universal Enhancement
A training program for direct service professionals. It shows staff how to help people they support to build friendships with others in their community. Universal Enhancement reminds staff that their job is to help people have the kind of life they want. | | Youth Arc
An organization led by youth, with and without developmental disabilities, participating in social and recreational activities together. Through the Youth Arc participants learn to appreciate each others strengths and to work together as a team.
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Online Forums
| Disabled Dating- Dating4Disabled.com
Online community offers blogs, forums, dating and more. Aimed at facilitating social and romantic development in a supportive and understanding environment. Fun way to make new friends, and find a partner for life. Membership is free and non-committal. |
Other
People Who Can Help
| Angela Amado
Angela Amado has conducted training throughout the U.S., Canada, and also in the Netherlands and Israel on person-centered planning, friendships between people with and without developmental disabilities, community building, self-determination, and per... | | Bob Jones
I am an instructor in the two-year Disability and Community Support program at Red River College College. I have been involved over the last two years with a group of people conducting "retreats" under the general title; "Developing and Sustaining Lead... | | Cathy Ficker Terrill
Cathy is a porfessional,parent of a child with a dsiabiltiy and a person with a brain injury. She has done extensive work at the local, state, national and international arena in the areas of strategic planning, building social capitol, organizational... | | Deborah Reidy
Deborah Reidy is President of Reidy Associates, a consulting service which helps to create organizations that contribute to the social good. Reidy Associates specializes in developing leaders, planning and implementing desired futures, and building te... | | Mike Green
Mike works from a citizen-centered perspective with local people at the center. The focus is on two organizing questions: organizing local citizens and their allies to mobilize their local resources to work together to solve problems, and how agencies ... |
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