Job Search Handbook

Looking for help understanding employment laws and rights? Try Job search handbook for people with disabilities: A complete career planning and job search guide. In this third edition, author Daniel Ryan offers suggestions on writing resumes, cover letters, as well as how to succeed during an interview and whether or not to disclose disabilities to a potential employer.

Interested? Send us an email at cedir@indiana.edu to check out this title. To find it in a library near you, check worldcat.org.

ADA-Indiana Audio Conference

Buying Tickets: ADA Ticketing Regulations and You
Tuesday, May 17th
2:00-3:30 pm EASTERN
7 Indiana Locations
Free and Open to the Public

This month's audio conference will focus on the new section on ticketing in the Revised Regulations for the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). There are new obligations and responsibilities for ticket-selling venues and vendors. Some of the topics to be covered include accessible seating, purchasing tickets, purchasing companion seats, transferring tickets, and distribution and pricing of wheelchair accessible locations.

For more information, see the ADA-Indiana website at: http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/cpps/ada/audio/

Mobile App Monday - Tap to Talk

Looking for an app that can turn your child's iPod into an AAC device? Tap To Talk may be the answer for you. Just like the name suggests, your child can tap a picture on the screen and Tap To Talk speaks. You and your child can build a whole library using Tap To Talk Designer, an online subscription service that includes a library of over 2,000 images. You can also add your own pictures and even record your own voice!

For more information on Tap To Talk, go to: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/taptotalk/id367083194?mt=8#

New book on Sensory Processing Disorder

Drama, drama, drama! Four-year old Ellie Bean the Drama Queen couldn't help it! Bees scared her, brushing her teeth felt awful, and even hearing the toilet flush was too much. A lot of things were too much or too loud or too tight or too smelly. Ellie would scream and cry and cry without being able to tell her mom what was making her so miserable. Then Ellie Bean's mom starting taking her to see someone special, and Ellie and her mom began to learn about sensory processing disorder and how to help Ellie feel better.

Want to check it out? Send us an email at cedir@indiana.edu. Or try worldcat.org to find it in a library near you.

AAIDD Annual Conference

Looking for a conference to attend this summer? The American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities will be hosting a conference in Minnesota next month. Practitioners, researchers, teaching faculty, policymakers, funders, and advocates will learn effective and emerging practices, cutting edge research, and valuable information on important policy initiatives. The conference will feature plenary sessions, panel and poster presentations, interactive cafés, task force and special interest group meetings, and networking events. Pre- and post-conference workshops will address special topics in depth.

For more information and register, go to: http://www.aaidd.org/content_223.cfm?navID=75

What's New?

Wondering what new materials have arrived at the library? Once a month we put together a listing of books, kits, and videos that we have received the previous month to keep you up-to-date on what's current. New titles in the areas of education, social skills, sensory awareness and more turned up at our doorstep last month.

Come check out April's "What's New" page at: http://www.iidc.indiana.edu/index.php?pageId=2317

Mobile App Monday - Hidden Curriculum

Some kids understand the everyday hidden curriculum very well but others, like kids on the autism spectrum or those with learning disabilities, seem to need direct instruction to "get it." Hidden Curriculum for Kids encourages conversations about real-life social situations that can cause confusion for some kids. For example, the screen shot above shows the difference between "fair" and "equal," something that a lot of us get confused.

For more information about this app, go to: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hidden-curriculum-for-kids/id351224500?mt=8