Whether you’re a parent, teacher, caregiver of or an individual living with autism spectrum disorder or intellectual disorder you may find these resources helpful.
Online Communities / Blogs
- Autism Resources
- Autism Society of Northwest PA
- Autism Speaks
- Autism Spectrum Quarterly
- Barber National Institute
- Do2Learn: A Resource for Individuals with Special Needs
- Erie Pediatrics Blog
- eSchool News: Technology News for Today’s K-20 Educator
- Find Your State Legislature
- F.U.N. Lab at the University of Notre Dame
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders & Stroke
- Noah’s Dad: A Blog About Down Syndrome
- SafeTown
- Special Education Resources
- Stages Learning: an educational publisher with a social mission that produces wonderful learning tools for children with Autism
Awesome Apps
Books
- Adapted Bicycling by Christina Gross PT, MS. (iBook available on iTunes)
- Carley’s Voice: Breaking Through Autism by Arthur Fleischmann with Carley Flieschmann
- Effective Instruction for Children with Autism: An Applied Behavior Analytic Approach by Robert F. Gulick and Thomas P. Kitchen
- Growing up on the Spectrum A Guide to Life, Love, and Learning for Teens and Young Adults with Autism and Asperger’s by Lynn Kern Koegel, PhD. and Claire LaZebnik
- Not My Boy by Rodney Peete
- Smart But Scattered by Peg Dawson, EdD. & Richard Guare, PhD.
- The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida, KA Yoshida (Translator), and David Mitchell (Translator)
Journals
Uplifting Quotes
- “When the world says ‘give up,’ hope whispers ‘try it one more time.'” ~NationalAutism.org
- “Being happy doesn’t mean you’re perfect. It means you’ve decided to look beyond the imperfections.” ~ The Gardening Cook
- “Kindness is just love with its work-boots on.” ~Unknown
- “Let your faith be bigger than your fear.” ~Unknown
- “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” ~Walt Disney
- “Bless those who see life through a different window, and those who understand their view.” ~Unknown
- “Keep Calm and Carry On” and “Be Kind and Merciful” (My son’s favorites)
All About Autism 
http://www.goedekers.com/blog/kitchen-safety-families-autistic-children/
A good post when designing your kitchen for Autistic children.
Thanks for following my blog. I will be sure to share this with other families.
There is a great reading app in the iTunes App store called Photo Tales. It is listed on the Autismspeaks.org website at http://www.autismspeaks.org/autism-apps/photo-tales-create-photo-stories-your-kids
Thanks for following my blog. I will add it to my page.
You should check out SPIN, they offer services for a wide variety of special needs children and adults
http://spin.convio.net/site/PageNavigator/homepage.html
Thanks for sharing!
Dear Dr. Barber-Carey,
Thanks so much for your wonderful site. I work for Stages Learning, an educational publisher with a social mission that produces wonderful learning tools for children with Autism. We were wondering if you might consider posting a link on resource page?
We have many wonderful articles written by experts about helping kids with autism here:
http://blog.stageslearning.com/blog
and would also welcome a link to our home page: StagesLearning.com.
Thank you so much for your work.
Best,
Leslie
Dear Leslie,
Thanks for your message! After looking at your website, I believe this would be a great resource for my readers and I would be happy to post a link to your website.
Take care!
Maureen