AbilityPath.org: A website that has a lot of information for supporting the healthy development of children with disabilities.
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Learn the Signs. Act Early.: This initiative helps parents, doctors, and everyone notice signs of disability in babies and very young children.
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Intellectual Disability Informational Video Clips: These short video clips explain the definition and causes of intellectual disabilities. One explains basic disability etiquette. All can be viwed online for free.
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DVD-Based training from the Bethesda Institute: These DVDs cover the basics in supporting people who have intellectual disabilities.
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EARN (Employer Assistance and Resource Network): This Center shares ideas with employers on how to recruit, hire and manage people with disabilities. It's website is well organized and has a lot of information
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The California Memorial Project: A project to honor and restore dignity to the people who lived and died in California's state institutions. It is led by people who have disabilities.
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Asperger's Disorder: This book about Asperger's syndrome is written for mental health professionals.
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Daily Living Skills Worksheets: Reproducible Resources for Teaching Independent Living Skills: A book with worksheets to help people learn independent living skills.
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Social Role Valorization Implementation Project: This group shares information about Social Role Valorization, a method to help people have good lives. It has a website, provides training and publishes a journal.
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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.
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Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone: This book challenges some common views about people with Autism. Many of the ideas and examples come directly from people who have autism.
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The Able Life of Cody Jane: This is the life story of a woman who has spina bifada. It is written through the eyes of her mother.
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You Can Cook: This is a picture cookbook for people with disabilities. It also has information and lesson plans for teaching cooking skills.
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Life Skills Manual Community Based Services Program: A training curriculum for teaching life skills to people with disabilities.
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Behavioral Outcomes of Deinstitutionalization for People with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities: Third Decennial Review of U.S. Studies, 1977-2010 (Policy Research Brief): This brief is about the differences in the ability to do daily living skills between people who live in the community and those who don't.
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A Part or Apart? Disability and Inclusion in the Faith Community: This photo essay shows people with disabilities being included in their faith communities. There are also written stories about disability and inclusion, and a discussion guide to help everyone talk about what they see.
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Letting Ruth Go: This is a story written by a mother. It tells about the challenges her family had in adopting a child with disabilities, the hard work and joy as her daughter grew given love and therapy, and the grief they all felt when the child died suddenly.
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Asperger Syndrome and Anxiety: This book has advice on ways people who have Asperger's can effectively manage anxiety.
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Asperger Syndrome and Long-Term Relationships: The author of this book is married to a man with Asperger's syndrome. In it she explains what that's like for her.
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National Review of Restraint Related Deaths of Children and Adults with Disabilities: The Lethal Consequences of Restraint: This report sums up what was learned from studying the cases of 61 people with disabilities who died while being restrained.
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One Question: In this film 35 persons with developmental disabilities answer the same one question: If you can change one thing about yourself, what would you change?
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How to Teach Daily Living Skills to Adults with Developmental Disabilities: This book shows how to help people who have intellectual disabilities learn to care for themselves.
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A Boy's Guide to Growing Up (DVD set): This DVD helps boys who have intellectual disabilities learn about puberty.
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Hallmarks of Good Mental Health DVD: This DVD is about mental health. It is meant for adolescents but has good ideas for everyone.
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The Girls’ Guide to Growing Up Choices & Changes in the Tween Years: This book is about puberty in girls. It is written in a way that is easy to understand.
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Integrated Employment Toolkit: This website has information about helping people with disabilities find jobs in the community that pay well.
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The Social Skills Picture Book for High School and Beyond: This picture book helps teens and adults practice social skills. It is meant especially for people on the autism spectrum.
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Working Together for Change: A toolkit for self-advocates to help them and others make change around one issue that affects a lot of people.
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Psychotherapy for Individuals with Intellectual Disability: This book explains how to provide psychotherapy treatment for people who have intellectual disability (ID).
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Health and Health Care Disparities Among People with Disabilities: This issue brief discusses the racially-based differences in access to health care among people with disabilities.
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Asperger Syndrome and Employment: A Personal Guide to Succeeding at Work (DVD): This DVD is about employment and people on the autism spectrum.
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Conversations about Sustainable & Inclusive Communities: An Invitation: A report about how local leaders can get people in a community together to have conversations about how to make their communities more inclusive for older people and people with disabilities.
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