Online Publications & Resources
The Sherlock Center offers hundreds of online resources and publications on topics across the lifespan, from early intervention to transition to person-centered thinking, employment and self-determination.
These resources are searchable in the fields below. You can search by a keyword or an exact title in the “Search All Resources” box or you can search by project/service, topic or type – form, online resource or Sherlock Center publication.
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Art of Glow (iOS)
In this free app, you can draw with colorful, animated glow particles on a black background. (You can change the speed; slower is best. Do not use with children who have seizures.)
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ASL Literacy, Books and Stories
This resource lists books written by deaf or hard of hearing authors for children and adults; children’s and adult books about ASL and/or deaf or hard of hearing characters; and book lists pertaining to deaf and hard of hearing people for adults and children.
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Asset Assessments and Community Social Work Practice
This book includes analytical framework, methods and mapping for community assessments.
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Assets-Oriented Community Assessment
In this journal article, the authors say in determining how to promote community health, it's more effective to use methods that focus on the positive aspects (assets) of the community rather than just looking at problems or needs.
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Assistance Dogs International North America Regional Chapter
Created in 2007, this chapter is dedicated to supporting the work of assistance dog programs across the United States and Canada.
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Association for Positive Behavior Support (APBS)
This multidisciplinary organization is composed of professionals, family members and consumers who work together toward the goal of using positive behavior support in schools and within families and communities.
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Association of University Centers on Disabilities (AUCD)
This membership organization supports and promotes a national network of university-based interdisciplinary programs including 67 University Centers for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities (UCEDD) and 60 Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (LEND) programs.
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Autism National Committee
This organization was founded in 1990 to protect and advance the human rights and civil rights of all people with autism and related differences of communication and behavior.
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Autism Society of America
The Autism Society and its nationwide network of affiliates connect people to the resources they need through education, advocacy, support, information and referral, and community programming.
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Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN)
The Autistic Self-Advocacy Network seeks to advance the principles of the disability rights movement with regard to autism. ASAN believes that the goal of autism advocacy should be a world in which autistic people enjoy equal access, rights and opportunities.
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Avoiding Power Struggles
This Home and Community Positive Behavior Support Network newsletter provides tips to avoid situations where two people are vying to control the situation and are also frustrated.
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Awesome Xylophone (iOS)
This app includes a touch-and-play xylophone. There is a small fee for this app.
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Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Since 1972, the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law has advocated for the civil rights, full inclusion and equality of adults and children with mental disabilities.
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Beach Center on Disability
The University of Kansas Beach Center website provides information and resources on self-determination.
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Bubbles (iOS)
Touch the screen and bubbles appear. Tap to hear them popping, see bubbles fly from your fingers and feel gravity pull your bubbles downward. There is a small fee for this app.
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Build it Up (iOS)
The goal of this free interactive stacking game app is to assemble the parts of an image correctly, one on top of the other, to create the whole image.
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Canine Behavior Services
Behavior training uses scientifically sound training processes to help dogs replace undesirable behavior practices with positive ones. It serves Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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CareerConnect®
CareerConnect offers job seekers of all ages and employers a variety of resources to help with the job search and hiring process. It is an integral part of the APH ConnectCenter, a website that provides curated information and resources to people who are blind or low vision, their families, teachers, counselors and employers. Visitors will find advice, stories of people who are blind or low vision at work, an online Job Seekers Toolkit and more.
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CDC 'Learn the Signs. Act Early.' Resource Videos
Videos from “Learn the Signs. Act Early.” that can be shared with various audiences.