Autism Educators' Web Resources by Category

This page on our website is a carefully curated page of resources that specifically target autism information in a narrow sense. We are happy to consider any recommended autism resources, but most of the links are collected from sources that we carefully vet before including; in fact, the commonest way to be included is for us to find you through our own work and research. If your mission is to generate sales leads or you work in the SEO industry, please do not solicit inclusion on the page.

Behavioral Analyst Certification Board. This is a nonprofit corporation established as a result of the identification of credentialing needs by behavior analysts, agencies within several state governments, and consumers of behavior analysis services. The BACB's main purpose is to develop, promote, and implement a voluntary national certification program for behavior analyst practitioners.
Smart Apps For Kids offers information about iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch apps, including a list of the Top 50 Totally FREE Educational Apps on iTunes. You can sort apps by age/subject and look through their top picks.
Department of Health and Human Services – Centers for Disease Control and PreventionThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is “the nation’s premier public health agency—working to ensure healthy people in a healthy world”. CDC's Mission is "to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury, and disability."

Fraxa is a research foundation whose mission is to support research aimed at treatment for Fragile X Syndrome. This website offers concise explanations of the symptoms and cause of Fragile X, and provides information on research and how to get involved with the foundation.

Interactive Autism Network (IAN) is "linking the autism community and researchers", with the goal of facilitating research that will lead to advancements in understanding and treating ASD.

National Institutes of Health. The NIH has an autism listserv which you can subscribe to: National Institutes of Health
IRIS Center at Vanderbilt University "is a national center dedicated to improving education outcomes for all children, especially those with disabilities birth through age twenty-one, through the use of effective evidence-based practices and interventions." Includes a Resource Locator that allows searching by topic area, resource type, media element, or age group and grade level.

LinguiSystems Publishing Company has lots of materials on autism.

Missouri Autism Guidelines Initiative (MAGI)~ free guides for parents and professionals to help identify and treat individuals with ASD: Autism Spectrum Disorders: Missouri Best Practice Guidelines for Screening, Diagnosis, and Assessment and Autism Spectrum Disorders: Guide to Evidence-Based Interventions

Missouri Families for Effective Autism Treatment(MO-FEAT) has the mission of providing education, advocacy, and support for families and the autism community and to promote early diagnosis and effective autism treatment. Their online directory provides a vast number of statewide resources and literature related to services for individuals who experience autism.

Resources within Reason is "a free bi-monthly, one-way listserv provided by Division for Early Childhood of the Council for Exceptional Children (DEC). All resources are evidence-based, readily available and free. Resources within Reason may be freely shared or reproduced."

Victories 'N Autism provides strategies and information to help individuals with ASD reach their potential.
Autism-at-a-Glance is a series of resources designed by The Center on Secondary Education for Students with ASD to support high school staff and family members, as well as individuals who experience ASD.

Autism Navigator provides information on ASD, downloadable and printable resources (some in Spanish and other languages), family resources, and videos.

Autism Society of America whose mission is to promote lifelong access and opportunities for persons within the autism spectrum and their families, to be fully included, participating members of their communities through advocacy, public awareness, education, and research related to autism.

Autism Speaks has a Resource Guide that allows for searching by state or age and includes information on a variety of resources, including advocacy, community support, employment services, health services, and interventions.

The Center on the Developing Child at Harvard University has child development resources (not necessarily autism-specific but useful information!) available in Arabic, French, Mandarin, Portuguese and Spanish, including videos with subtitles.

Disability.gov is the U.S. federal government website for information on disability programs and services nationwide.

Easter Seals Midwest (a combined organization of Life Skills, TouchPoint Autism Services and Triality) From early childhood education and in-depth autism training, to job training and community living support, Easter Seals Midwest helps people with developmental disabilities and their families address life's challenges and achieve personal goals. Easter Seals Midwest helps individuals with developmental disabilities - including autism - learn, live, work and participate in the community.

First Signs provides a wealth of vital resources, covering a range of issues: from healthy development to concerns about a child; from the screening and referral process to treatments for autism spectrum disorders.

Dr. Stanley Greenspan Learn more about Floor Time and the other strategies of Dr. Greenspan, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences, and Pediatrics at George Washington University Medical School. Dr. Greenspan is also the Chairman of the Interdisciplinary Council on Developmental and Learning Disorders, and Founder and former president of the ZERO TO THREE: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families.

Indiana Resource Center for Autism. Their staff conduct outreach training and consultations, engage in research, and develop and disseminate information focused on building the capacity of local communities, organizations, agencies, and families to support children and adults across the autism spectrum in typical work, school, home, and community settings. The ICRA does not promote one method or a single approach. Instead, IRCA staff strive to address the specific needs of the individual by providing information and training on a variety of strategies and methods.

MO-FEAT (Missouri Families for Effective Autism Treatment) has a Statewide Autism Resource Directory that may be accessed online, searched online and ordered for free. The directory has an extensive list of resources in several topics.

OASIS @ MAAP, Online Asperger Syndrome Information and Support center has joined with MAAP Services for Autism to create a single resource for families, individuals, and medical professionals who deal with the challenges of Asperger Syndrome, Autism, and PDD/NOS. This website provides articles, educational resources, links to support groups, sources of professional help and various other resources.

The Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) has a web page devoted to links to disability resources, including Benefits, Civil Rights, Community Life, Education and Employment: ODEP Disability Resources. Also, ODEP has created the Skills to Pay the Bills curriculum to assist educators and families with teaching soft skills. The free curriculum includes videos and lesson plans designed to engage middle and high school youth as they prepare for the world of work. Links to the downloadable curriculum, a hardcopy order form, the Spanish version and the video series are available at the following link: Soft Skills to Pay the Bills

SERI Autism Resources contains many links to autism resources nation wide.

The Complete List of Free Things and Grants for Kids with Special Needs lists multiple resources for therapy tools and mobility aids, travel assistance, financial assistance, and other needs.

Thompson Center for Autism & Neurodevelopmental Disorders at University of Missouri's mission is to improve the lives of individuals and families affected by autism and neurodevelopmental disorders. Their STRIVE program is a post-secondary education program offering two semesters of noncredit employment skills development at the University of Missouri for 18- to 25-year olds with autism.

Wolfner Library Talking Book and Braille Services serves qualifying Missourians who are unable to read standard print materials due to blindness, visual impairment, or physical disability, either temporary or permanent. Their materials include: free loan of audio, braille and large-print books; free loan of audio players; free book downloads, available 24 hours a day; and films with descriptive narration. You may contact them at 800-392-2614 or wolfner@sos.mo.gov

Wrong Planet An online resource and web community designed for individuals (and parents of those) with Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, ADHD, and other PDDs.
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving educational outcomes for individuals with exceptionalities, students with disabilities, and/or the gifted. CEC advocates for appropriate governmental policies, sets professional standards, provides continual professional development, advocates for newly and historically under-served individuals with exceptionalities, and helps professionals obtain conditions and resources necessary for effective professional practice.

(DESE) The Missouri Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Education Division of Special Education assists school districts in establishing and improving services for children with disabilities.

DMH - Department of Mental Health Network of Care for Mental/Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities is an online resource for individuals, families and agencies concerned with mental and emotional wellness, substance abuse and developmental disabilities. It provides information about developmental disabilities services, laws, support, advocacy tools and related news, as well as communication tools and other features.

Missouri Developmental Disabilities Council (MODDC) "assure(s) that individuals with developmental disabilities and their families participate in the design of and have access to needed community services, individualized supports, and other forms of assistance that promote self-determination, independence, productivity, and integration in all aspects of community life."

Missouri Protection and Advocacy Services (MO P&A) protects the rights of individuals with disabilities in Missouri by providing advocacy and legal services. The services provided include information, education, direct advocacy, mediation, investigation of abuse and neglect, and legal services.

National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) operates for the purpose of providing services to State agencies to facilitate their efforts to maximize educational outcomes for individuals with disabilities.

Nolo. This site provides resources for legal information, including Nolo's Guide to Social Security Disability.

Office of Special Education & Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) supports programs that assist in educating children with special needs, provides for the rehabilitation of youth and adults with disabilities, and supports research to improve the lives of individuals with disabilities.

Wrights Law As new reports about dramatic increases in the number of children diagnosed with autism are issued, this site aims to bring you up to date on issues about educating and advocating for children with autism.
Autism Helper provides resources, tips and materials to "help you, help kids with autism"

IRIS Center at Vanderbilt University has multiple resources, including an IEP Module resource, a Module on Family Engagement, Accessing the General Education Curriculum: Inclusion Considerations for Students with Disabilities, and several more modules in audio, video or activity format. In addition, their website's Resource Locator includes hundreds of resources that may be searched by topic area, resource type, media element, or age group and grade level.

Missouri Autism Guidelines Initiative (MAGI)~ free guides for parents and professionals to help identify and treat individuals with ASD: Autism Spectrum Disorders: Missouri Best Practice Guidelines for Screening, Diagnosis, and Assessment and Autism Spectrum Disorders: Guide to Evidence-Based Interventions

Missouri Family To Family is a statewide network of families offering free supports to people with disabilities and their families.

Missouri Parents ACT (MPACT) assists parents to effectively advocate for their children's educational rights and services by providing parent training, information and peer support.

Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER) programs help parents become informed and effective representatives for their children in early childhood, school-age and vocational settings. Through knowledge about laws, resources and parents' rights and responsibilities, families are better equipped to work with agencies to obtain appropriate services for their sons and daughters.
In Your Pocket Designs, Inc. The look of regular clothes with the built-in benefits of sensory integration therapy for school, for home, for everyday life. Ready-to-wear vests with weights to address proprioception and vestibular issues. Available through www.schoolspecialty.com
Hump Software AAC Evaluation Genie is an informal diagnostic tool that is intended to assist speech-language pathologists and others with identifying skill areas that relate specifically to the language representation methods commonly found on augmentative communication systems.

Jill Kuzma's SLP Social & Emotional Skill Sharing Site Ideas for educators supporting social/emotional language skills.

Picture Exchange Communication System (PECS) was developed 12 years ago as a unique augmentative alternative training package that allows children and adults with autism and other communication deficits to initiate communication. It was created with educators, resident care providers and families in mind, and so it is readily used in a variety of settings.

PrAACtical AAC Supports for language learning. For a video on AAC For Students Who Can Speak, please visit the following link: PrAACtical AAC Video.

Tangible Symbol Systems are designed for people who are unable to understand the meaning of the abstract symbols used in formal language.

TapSpeak Choice An AAC app for children and adults, designed for quick and easy editing.
Encircle Technologies offers training for adults with autism for technology jobs.

Missouri State Bear Power (Promoting Opportunities for Work, Education and Resilience) is in development at Missouri State University and is a 2 1/2 year inclusive college program for individuals, ages 18-26, with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Missouri Youth Leadership Forum (MYLF) is the only forum of its kind in Missouri for students with disabilities. Juniors and Seniors in high school who attend the forum are able to learn about leadership principles, disability experience, resource sharing, assistive technology, developing their advocacy skills and much more.

National Technical Assistance Center on Transition (NTACT) assists State Education Agencies, Local Education Agencies, State VR agencies, and VR service providers in implementing evidence-based and promising practices ensuring students with disabilities, including those with significant disabilities, graduate prepared for success in postsecondary education and employment.

Preferred Employment Services works with individuals with various disabilities, both developmental and physical in nature, as they prepare to enter the workforce.

Restoring Hope is an agency that contracts with Missouri Department of Mental Health to provide residential services to persons with developmental disabilities. They also contract with the Children’s Division of Missouri Department of Social Services.

Southwest Center For Independent Living is an organization that serves people with disabilities and their families. Their services are designed to find ways to assist with overcoming barriers in their lives, whether physical, empowerment, legal issues or safety for the home. They have been in Springfield since 1985 and all services are free.

We Connect Now is a website designed to connect and integrate college students with disabilities as a virtual community with a voice on important issues with particular emphasis on college students and access to higher education and employment.
Book Creator The simple way to create books on your tablet.

Connectability Create visual supports for children.

Lesson Pix Custom learning materials – pictures that represent descriptive terms and adjectives.

Special Education Technology British Columbia SET-BC loans iPad apps: iPad apps loan as well as providing resources for use of Boardmaker®: Boardmaker® resources and a PictureSET database: PictureSET

Spectronics - for information on Importing Pictures into Boardmaker® and Boardmaker Plus®, visit the following webpage: Spectronics

Visual Aids for Learning develops images to streamline and support learning. The resources have been developed in consultation with teachers trained in early childhood, primary school, high school and speech therapy. Each of these professionals is also the parent of a child with developmental delays.