Resources for Professionals
The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
University of Alabama Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
10-4510 Evidenced based practice, supported housing resource kit
Therapists are Standing By to Treat Your Depression, Anxiety or Other Mental Health Needs
Evidence based practice, supported employment resource kit
Advocacy group for families and resource center
Disability history resource library and education
American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, patient education for fetal alcohol syndrome
Resources for Parents, Caregivers, and Siblings
Special Educational legal information and advocacy
National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities
Family support group for children with Cru du Chat Sydrome
Information on sources of mercury toxins
The National Fragile X Foundation
Resource to locate family support groups
Books
The Arc provides a list of downloadable publications about intellectual disability
Foucault's Madness and Civilization
Self-help and advocacy
References
American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (Revised 4th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
American Psychiatric Association (2013). Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders (Revised 5th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Foucault, M. (2006). Madness and Civilization : A history of insanity in the age of reason. New York: Routledge Press.
La Malfa, G., Lassi, S., Bertelli, M., & Placidi, G.F., (2004). Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 48(3), 262-267.
Thompson, J.R., Bryant, B.R., Campbell, E.M., Craig, E.M., Hughes, C., Rotholz, D.R., Silverman, W.P., Tasse, M.J., Wehmeyer, M.L., (2004). Supports Intensity Scale. Washington, D.C.: American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
