Environmental Audit Checklist

Mitigating or removing sensory and physical access barriers in your library spaces is an important part of autism-inclusive services. The environmental audit is designed to help library professionals improve access to the library for autistic children and their families. This resource includes:

• • A general area checklist – this checklist is best for common areas in your library
  • A library program checklist – this checklist is best for meeting rooms and other program spaces in your library

This resource can help spark conversations among staff and management on how best to address accessibility concerns for autistic children and their families.

Download Environmental Audit Checklist PDF

Autism-Inclusive Program Plans

It can be difficult to find informed guidance for autism-inclusive early literacy programs. Based on our research and co-designed with parents and caregivers of autistic children, we’ve developed autism-inclusive early literacy programs plans and templates to help. The program plans and templates in these resources are designed to be inclusive of autistic children with a variety of sensory needs and learning differences. These resources include:

Our Autism-Inclusive Early Literacy Program Plans resource includes:

• • 1 Basic Storytime Program Plan
  • 1 Virtual Storytime Program Plan
  • 1 Musical Storytime Program Plan for Sensory Seekers
  • 1 “All Activity” Program Plan

 Download Autism-Inclusive Early Literacy Program Plans PDF

Our Autism-Inclusive Storytime Templates resource includes:

• • 1 Basic Inclusive Storytime Template
  • 1 Virtual Inclusive Storytime Template

 Download Autism-Inclusive Early Literacy Storytime Templates PDF

Below you will find examples to help you develop visual supports for autism-inclusive early literacy programs. These include an example visual schedule, and example slides for a virtual storytime:

 Download Example Visual Schedule & Handouts for Storytime PDF

 Download Virtual Program Example Slides PDF