Resources

How to Format a Professional Email

Advice and examples of how to format a professional and personal email.

How to Join a Group Social Story

This social story developed by ASERT explains how to join a group of people.

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Identifying Strengths and Supporting Needs

This resource developed for direct support staff, provides information on how to identify strengths of the individuals you support as well as how to support their needs.

Identity, Sexuality, and Interpersonal Relationships

This resource, developed by ASERT, provides information for direct support staff on how to support individuals with autism around the topics of sexuality, gender identity, and interpersonal relationships.

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IEP Tip Sheets

This resource includes Individual Education Plan tip sheets for families for several languages.

Including People with Disabilities in Your Political Campaign

This guide is a basic resource that campaigns at the local, state, and national levels can use to learn how they can become accessible not only to voters with disabilities, but also to people who want to volunteer with the campaign.

Independent Monitoring for Quality (IM4Q) Social Stories

This is a collection of social stories developed by ASERT to explain the Independent Monitoring for Quality (IM4Q) purpose and process. The social stories have been translated into Spanish, Russian, Chinese, Arabic, and Burmese.

Interactive Autism Network

The Interactive Autism Network (IAN) is a partnership with the Kennedy Krieger Institute and this website provides a variety of resources and information related to autism in adulthood.

Is it Autism and If So, What Next?

This guide from Autism Speaks provides an overview of autism and helps clarify whether you should seek out an evaluation by a professional.

Isolation Social Story

This social story provides a visual explanation of what it means to be in isolation if someone has the coronavirus, or COVID-19. An animated version is also available.

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Justice Resource Collection

This is a collection of resources on the topic of the justice system for justice system professionals and individuals with autism. Topics range from the law to court appearances, interacting with police, and more.

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Key Transition Resources

This list is an overview of some of the transition resources that ASERT references most frequently.

Laundry and Sensory Issues

Doing laundry is necessary, but can be a sensory overload for individuals with autism. This resource provides helpful tips for completing laundry for individuals with autism.

LGBTQI Resource Page

This collection of resources focuses on different topics related to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, and intersex individuals. Some of these resources were developed for ASERT by autistic individuals who are part of the LGBTQI community, while others are resources from outside organizations. There are resources for individuals with autism, parents, families, health care providers and policy makers.

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Managing Anger for Self-Advocates

This resource developed by ASERT provides information about anger and ways to help people understand and manage these strong feelings.