Creating Welcoming and Accessible Libraries for Children with Special Needs
Resources Handout
Articles
“Bridging the Gap: Making Libraries More Accessible for a Diverse Autistic Population.” By Barack. SLJ. (July, 2014).
“Program Diversity: Do Libraries Serve Kids with Disabilities?” by Okyle. SLJ. (May, 2014).
“School Librarians as Ambassadors of Inclusive Information Access for Students with Disabilities” by Subramaniam.
School Library Research. Vol 16. (2013).
"Making the Wheel Bigger: Programming for Teens with Special Needs" by Mitchell. VOYA. (Oct. 2012).
"Rated E for Everyone: Expanding Services to Children with Special Needs" by Wong. SLJ. (Dec. 2010).
"The Building Bridges Project: Library Services to Youth with Disabilities" by Wemett. Children and Libraries.
(Winter, 2007).
"Is Your Early Childhood Literature Collection Disabilities-Inclusive and Current?" by Kaiser. Children and Libraries.
(Winter, 2007).
"Where is it? ¿Dónde está? Spanish Language Resources about Children with Special Needs." Children and
Libraries. (Winter, 2007).
“All Kids of Flowers Grow Here: The Child’s Place for Children with Special Needs at Brooklyn Public Library” by
Banks. Children and Libraries. (April, 2004).
Books
Assistive Technologies in the Library by Barbara T. Mates
Crash Course in Library Services to People with Disabilities by Ann G. Roberts
Guidelines for Library and Information Services for the American Deaf Community by Martha L. Goddard
Improving Library Services to People with Disabilities by Courtney Deines-Jones
Including Families of Children with Special Needs: A How-To-Do-It Manual for Librarians by Carrie Scott Banks
Library Services for Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders by Lesley S.J. Farmer
Little Hands & Big Hands: Children and Adults Signing Together by Kathy MacMillan
Programming for Children and Tweens with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Barbara Klipper
Remarkable Books about Young People with Special Needs by Alison M.G. Follos
Sign Language Resources
ASL Browser: http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm
ASL Pro: aslpro.com/
Basic American Sign Language for Library Staff E-Course by Kathy MacMillan: available at alastore.ala.org
LifePrint: lifeprint.com/
Signing Savvy: signingsavvy.com/
Webinars
*Serving the Underserved: Children with Disabilities at Your Library archive available through WebJunction
Current and archived Lekotek webinars: lekotek.org/training/webinars
Sensory Storytime: Preschool Programming for Kids with Autism by Barbara Klipper available through ALSC
Tech on the Spec(trum): Making Libraries More Accessible by Holly Jin available through Tech Soup
What's After Storytime: Programming for Children & Tweens with Autism by Barbara Klipper available through ALSC
Websites
AbleNet—Assistive Technologies: ablenetinc.com/
ALSC Blog: http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/
ASCLA: ala.org/ascla/
Census: census.gov
Inclusive Early Literacy: inclusiveearlyliteracy.wordpress.com
Libraries and Autism: librariesandautism.org/
SNAILS Blog: snailsgroup.blogspot.com/
World Wide Access: Accessible Web Design: http://www.washington.edu/doit/Video/index.php?vid=35
Universal Access in Libraries: http://www.librisdesign.org/docs/UniversalAccessLibraries.pdf
Renee Grassi, Glen Ellyn Public Library
rgrassi@gepl.org