OCALI Resources
Ohio's Parent Guide to Autism Spectrum Disorders
This manual provides an overview of the world of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). It was developed by Ohio parents of individuals with ASD who have a broad range of experience with interventions, resources, and services. The group’s work began with the question: What do you wish you had known the first year your child was diagnosed?
Welcome to the OCALI Lending Library. We offer books, videotapes, DVDs, and other media on autism spectrum disorders and low-incidence disabilities. We also have an extensive collection of assistive technology that can be used for evaluation. The library is available to educators and parents throughout Ohio.
The Ohio Center for Autism and Low Incidence (OCALI) will develop Autism Internet Modules (AIM) in partnership with the Autism Society of America (ASA) and the Nebraska Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Network. The AIM project will develop a series of 60 online modules on ASD including characteristics, diagnosis, interventions and supports, transition, and employment. Module authors will include experts in ASD from across the nation. These modules will be available at no cost, in an open-source format to any computer or digital telephone user. Thus, these modules will be available throughout Ohio and on a global basis.
Services and Supports Database
This searchable online database includes public and private services, supports, and programs available to individuals with disabilities and their families in Ohio. Our intent is to help families find the services and supports they need as close to home as possible.
OCALI can be your link to information from Ohio's publicly-funded disability programs. Find links to a variety of newsletters here.
OCALI E-Newsletter - The Sphere
OCALI is pleased to announce the release of its new quarterly electronic newsletter The Sphere. The Sphere will connect you with news, information, events and people whose lives are touched by autism and low incidence.
[ View The Sphere E-Newsletter Archive ]
These guidelines offer basic concepts in providing supports for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder/Pervasive Developmental Disorder (ASD/PDD). The information and recommended strategies and modifications were compiled by committees and agreed upon by the “Task Force to Develop Guidelines for Educating Individuals with ASD/PDD Ages Birth to 21.”
The guidelines are intended to serve as a tool that can be used to help families, educators, medical professionals, care providers and other service providers make informed decisions about children and young adults with ASD/PDD. They can be viewed as a map to the development of independence for the individual with ASD/PDD at the highest level possible in all life areas. The Guidelines are not a required standard of practice for the education of these individuals in Ohio.
Last Updated: July 31, 2008 - 3:33 pm
