Resources

How I See it: What Advice Would You Give to Your Future Self?

How I See It is a series on PAAutism.org and ASDNext.org. In each installment, we ask people in the Pennsylvania autism community - individuals, family members, professionals, and more - to share their thoughts on a particular topic.

How to Choose a College

This resource, developed by ASERT for ASDNext, provides tips for autistic individuals who may be considering attending college. The resource offers questions to consider when making the decision, and why it's important to consider these questions when choosing a college.

How to Create a Resume

A resume is a document used by job seekers to highlight their skills, accomplishments, education and work experiences. It is given to potential employers and is the first impression you make. This resource provides tips and information on how to create a resume.

How to Do Your Laundry Social Story

This social story, developed by ASERT, provides a step-by-step guide for individuals to learn the steps to clean their laundry. This resource is available in a printable PDF or interactive eBook.

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How to Find Someone to Date

When you want to start dating, it can be difficult to know exactly where to find people to date. This resource shares tips and ideas on the most common places to find someone to date.

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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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