LibGuides: Sensory Friendly Inclusive Group: About Sensory Storytimes and ASD

Sensory Story Time: How-To Guides

Welcoming Kids on the Spectrum
Presentation by Maria Cotto, Bilingual Children's Librarian Pawtucket Public Library, RI and Ashley Waring, Children's Librarian Reading Public Library, MA. Presented on August 12, 2019 at the School Library Journal Basecamp in Boston, MA.
Sensory Story Time and Other Similar Programs for Children with Special Needs
March 2018 presentation by Maria Cotto, Bilingual Children's Librarian Pawtucket Public Library, RI.

What is Autism?
Libraries and Autism: Selected Resources and Bibliography
About Sensory Processing Disorder
Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment (RI-CART) Study
A study published January 2020, analyzing the first 1,000 patients from the Rhode Island Consortium for Autism Research and Treatment found that girls receive autism diagnoses an average of 1.5 years later than boys, and people with autism often have co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions.