Libraries Serving Children with Autism

ALA autism resources for librarians

September 21st, 2011 Ashley Waring

I was looking up sensory storytime info on the interwebs tonight, and one click led to another… I ended up finding a lot of great things at ALA and ALSC for those of us interested in serving special needs populations.
1) ALSC has a Serving Children with Autism community on ALA Connect.  There aren’t a ton of posts right now, but there ARE all the slides from the Sensory Storytime presentation that was done at ALA’s annual conference.  Very helpful stuff.
2) Through this community I learned about the “Light the Way” grant for services to underserved populations. The application is available now. Find out more here.
3) For those of you that are ALA members, you can also get involved in the ALSC Library Services to Special Population Children and their Caregivers Committee (who oversees the above mentioned grant).
If you know of any other ALA resources, communities, or committees that might be of interest, please use the comments to let us know!

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