Resources+and+Services

Laws and Legislation

Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA) **:** The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law ensuring services to children with disabilities throughout the nation. IDEA governs how states and public agencies provide early intervention, special education and related services to more than 6.5 million eligible infants, toddlers, children and youth with disabilities.

Infants and toddlers with disabilities (birth-2) and their families receive early intervention services under IDEA Part C. Children and youth (ages 3-21) receive special education and related services under IDEA Part B.

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Free and Public Education (FAPE) **:** The Section 504 regulation requires a school district to provide a “free appropriate public education” (FAPE) to each qualified person with a disability who is in the school district’s jurisdiction, regardless of the nature or severity of the person’s disability.

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Americans with Disabilities (ADA) **:** This website is a great resource for explaining the laws and legislations that surround students with disabilities. It is very wordy, but gets to the point.

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State of Michigan link to laws and policies: This link is very educational, but has legal terminology and is lengthy.

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=== __Pictures and Symbols__: Students with Autism lack communication skills. This link has downloadable pictures and symbols to help children with ASD to understand the world around them, teach rules and expectations, and to create picture and story boards.===

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===__ Schedules: __ Students with Autism function best with routine and consistency. One way to do this is to create a schedule to use in your home. Here is a link with different ways to create schedules for students with Autism.===

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===__ Autism Podcast: __ ** This podcast has interviews, articles, and news feeds about hot topics related to Autism. Some topics include, stem cell research, working memory, pictures, books, etc. **===

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Michigan Based Centers that specialize in Autism:

1601 Briarwood Circle Suite 500 Ann Arbor, MI 48108 734 997 9088 www.aacenter.org office@aacenter.org
 * Ann Arbor Center for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics**

1055 Cornell St. Ypsilanti, MI 48197 734 485 2890 Fax: 734 485 2892 www.accemu.org
 * Autism Collaborative Center**

9357 General Drive Suite 101 Plymouth, MI 48170 734 454 0866 Fax: 734 454 1744 www.bridgestherapy.com
 * Building Bridges Therapy Center**

8299 S Warwick Ct Ypsilanti, MI 48198 734 646 9667 www.chatterboxtherapy.com Speech and language therapy by a skilled SLP. Picture communication, AAC, verbal apraxia, articulation, pragmatic language, language development, and more. Contact: Jennifer Rogers speech@chatterboxtherapy.com
 * Chatterbox Therapy**

1111 East Catherine St. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2054 734 936 8600 www.umaccweb.co
 * University of Michigan Autism and Communication Disorders Center**

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= = = Social Networking Sites =

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