Crisis Services
ASERT does not offer crisis services through our Resource Center. If you or someone you love is experiencing mental health distress or thoughts of suicide please call or text 988 for support.
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Autism Initiative at Mercyhurst (AIM)
This website provides information about the Autism Initiative at Mercyhurst (AIM) program that provides additional services and supports to students with autism who attend Mercyhurst University.
Read moreCharting the LifeCourse Toolkit
The LifeCourse Toolkit is a series of resources that individuals with autism and their families can use to plan for their future.
Read moreInclude Me Resources
Include Me is a new model for the inclusive education and gaining meaningful employment for Pennsylvania’s students with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Read moreIncluding People with Disabilities in Your Political Campaign
This guide is a basic resource that campaigns at the local, state, and national levels can use to learn how they can become accessible not only to voters with disabilities, but also to people who want to volunteer with the campaign.
Read morePA Family Network
The PA Family Network was created to support families and the major elements of the Community of Practice goals.
Read morePublic Comment: The Process
This infographic notes the benefits for individuals to get involved in public comment periods, as well as a brief overview of what public comment periods are.
Read moreSelf-Advocate’s Guide to American’s with Disabilities Act
This resource, developed by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), is a plain language toolkit that explains the American's with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Read moreSocial Story: Custody Hearing, What to Expect
This social story was created by ASERT to explain the process of a custody hearing to individuals with autism.
Read moreSpotlight On: Person-Centered Projects
These resources focus on different aspects of Person-Centered planning, and include take away points and lessons learned from various ASERT projects over the years. Topics include: self-advocacy, case conceptualization and using data visualizations (graphs).
Read moreUsing Vision Boards to Find Community Supports
This resource from ASERT provides information for direct support staff on using vision boards to find supports within a community such as meet-up groups and activities.
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