Ordering
To order or inquire about publications from the list below contact:
Email: iod@temple.edu
Tel: 215-204-3861
IMPORTANT: Include ID numbers and titles of each document with your order inquiry. Thank you.
| ID | Name | Description | Category | Price | Lead Time | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ID:100 | Institute on Disabilities Brochure | Describes the vision, mission and programs of the Institute on Disabilities. | ABOUT THE INSTITUTE ON DISABILITIES | Free | 5-10 days | 2003 |
| ID:101 | Annual Report | Describes the vision, mission and programs of the Institute on Disabilities, including a summary of accomplishments and planned activities. | ABOUT THE INSTITUTE ON DISABILITIES | Free | 5-10 days | Current |
| ID:102 | Inside Information | Newsletter describing news and events at the Institute on Disabilities. Published in the Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer. | ABOUT THE INSTITUTE ON DISABILITIES | Free | 5-10 days | Current |
| ID:300 | Pennsylvania's Assistive Technology Lending Library | Brochure describing Pennsylvania's Assistive Technology Lending Library. | ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY | Free | 3-5 days | |
| ID:307 | You Can Get There from Here | Independent living tips for reaching and mobility aids. | INDEPENDENT LIVING BROCHURE SERIES | Free | 3-5 days | |
| ID:308 | Independent Living Series: Complete Set of 5 Brochures | Includes ID#s 302-307 above. | INDEPENDENT LIVING BROCHURE SERIES | Free | 3-5 days | |
| ID:309 | Steps to Funding Assistive Technology | Flier | ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY | Free | 3-5 days | |
| ID:310 | Obtaining Computers for Children with Disabilities | Worksheet designed to help parents determine and support their child's need for computer equipment. | ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY | Free | 3-5 days | |
| ID:318 | Key Questions To Ask Consumers | Series of interview questions designed to assist with disabilities, family members, advocates and others in obtaining funding for assistive technology. | RESOURCE MANUAL | Free | 3-5 days | 2000 |
| ID:400 | Augmentative Communication On-Line Users Group (ACOULG) Brochure | Brochure describing the national list-serve for people with significant speech disabilities who use agumentative communication. [Content is outdated] | AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION | Free | 3-5 days | 1998 |
| ID:401 | Augmentative Communication and Empowerment Supports (ACES) Brochure | Brochure describes a two-week training program with significant speech disabilities who want to learn how to use, or enhance their usage of augmentative communication devices. [Content is outdated. Most current information is on the Institute’s website under Programs > Augmentative and Alternative Communications] | AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION | Free | 3-5 days | 2000 |
| ID:402 | Augmentative Communication and Employement Training Supports (ACETS) Brochure | Brochure describing the ACETS employment training and support program for people that use assistive technology to communicate. [Possibily Outdated] | AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION | Free | 3-5 days | 2000 |
| ID:403 | Augmentative Communication and Empowerment Supports (ACES): Photo Essay | Photo Essay describing the ACES program, and featuring the personal stories and perspectives of ACES participants. | AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION | $11 | 5-10 days | 1999 |
| ID:404 | So You Want to Work? What Employers Say about Job Skills, Recruitment and Hiring Employees Who Rely on AAC | An article on Augmentative and Alternative Communication, June 2007 written by Diane Nelson Bryen, Blyden B. Potts, and Allison C. Carey. In order to better understand employer perspectives with respect to hiring and working with people who use AAC and the kinds of employment barriers they believe exist for these individuals, a study into the job requirements processes, and hiring processes of 27 employers in the United States was conducted. Interviews with the 27 employers focused on 48 jobs in 25 unique categories, many of which had previously been identified as desirable by 38 adults who used AAC. | AUGMENTATIVE COMMUNICATION | Free | 3-5 days | Current |
| ID:500 | Unequal Justice: The Case for Johnny Lee Wilson | In 1986, Johnny Lee Wilson, a 19 year old man with mental retardation was arrested for the murder of an elderly woman who lived in his hometown of Aurora, Missouri. Wilson unknowingly waived his right to an attorney and after six hours of interrogation confessed to the crime. He spent the next nine years of his life in prison for a crime he did not commit. This documentary, produced by the Institute on Disabilities, examines this controversial case from a disabilities perspective. | CRIMINAL JUSTICE | Was: $25 NOW: $10 | 5-10 days | Video, open captioned, 1995, 23:00 |
| ID:501 | Individuals with Mental Retardation and the Criminal Justice System: A Training Guide for Allies | This guide is designed to provide basic knowledge of mental retardation and the impact of mental retardation to allies (family, friends, advocates) of persons with mental retardation who become involved in the criminal justice system. Includes the video "Unequal Justice: The Case for Johnny Lee Wilson." | CRIMINAL JUSTICE | $25 | 5-10 days | 2003 |
| ID:506 | Individuals with Mental Retardation and the Criminal Justice System: Complete Set of 5 Training Guides | Five-part training guide and the video "Uneqal Justice: The Case for Johnny Lee Wilson." Provides basic knowledge of mental retardation and the impace of mental retardation to: Allies--informs family, friends and advocates of persons with mental retardation who become involved with criminal justice system; Attorneys--advises lawyers with a client with mental retardation who is accused of a crime; Law Enforcement Officers--explores issues about an individual's ability to interact with criminal justice system personnel and offers insight on how to ensure equal treatment to citizens with mental retardation; Psychologists--addresses appropriate evaluation procedures to assess competency issues; Self-advocates--strives to increase knowledge of persons with developmental disabilities in the areas of criminal justice and self-protection. | CRIMINAL JUSTICE | WAS: $120 NOW $75 | 5-10 days | 2003 |
| ID:507 | End the Silence | Four individuals with disabilities describe their emotions associated with their personal experience with physical and sexual abuse. | CRIMINAL JUSTICE | Was: $20 NOW: $10 | 5-10 days | Video, 2002, 7:00 |
| ID:508 | Assisting Victims and Witnesses with Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System: A Curriculum for Lawyers (with Trainers Guide) | This curriculum designed to provide law enforcement officers with a basic understanding of mental retardation and how it impacts an individual's ability to interact with criminal justice personnel. It is also designed to enhance officers' abilities to respond in an appropriate and nondiscriminatory manner to victims of crime who have mental retardation and other developmental disabilities. | CRIMINAL JUSTICE | $25 | 5-10 days | 2003 |
| ID:509 | Assisting Victims and Witnesses with Disabilities in the Criminal Justice System: A Curriculum for Attorneys (with Trainer's Guide) | This curriculum is designed to provide attorneys and judges with a basic understanding of the rights and the needs of persons with disabilties who are victims or witnesses. | CRIMINAL JUSTICE | $25 | 5-10 days | 2003 |
| ID:510 | Sexual Abuse Awareness Training for Self-Advocates | A sexual abuse and personal safety-awareness training program developed by self-advocates for individudals with developmental disabilities and to be presented by self-advocates in collaboration with victim service professionals. | CRIMINAL JUSTICE | $25 | 5-10 days | 2003 |
| ID:511 | Persons with Disabilities Can Speak Out: Supporting Victims Who Want to Tell their Stories | An overview of effective methods used to support individuals with disabilities to disclose/report incidence of sexual violence or other crimes. | CRIMINAL JUSTICE | $30 | 5-10 days | 2003 |
| ID:512 | A Physical and Programmatic Accessibility Survey for Rape Crisis/Domestic Violence/Comprehensive Victim Services | A phsycial and programmatic self-evaluating instrument designed to evaluate the acessibility of rape crisis, domestic violence, and comprehensive victim service programs. | CRIMINAL JUSTICE | $10 | 5-10 days | 2003 |
| ID:513 | End the Silence Training Series: Complete Set | Includes ID#s 508-512 and the "End the Silence" video. | CRIMINAL JUSTICE | $125 | 5-10 days | 2003 |
| ID:514 | Under Arrest: Understanding The Criminal JustIe Process in Pennsylvania | A step-by-step review of the criminal justice process--from the arrest, through the preliminary arraignment, preliminary hearing, arraignment, trial, sentencing and possible incarceration--to educate the general public about the criminal justice system in Pennslvania. | CRIMINAL JUSTICE | $25 | 3-5 days | 2008 |
| ID:600 | Institute on Disabilities Student Assistanship Programs in Developmental Disabilities | Brochure describing the Institute on Disabilities assistantship program for graduate and undergraduate students at Temple University. Includes application. | LEADERSHIP TRAINING | Free | 3-5 days | 1998 |
| ID:601 | Competence and Cofidence: Partners in Policymaking (C2P2) | Brochure describing the C2P2 training initiative is on increasing awareness of and influencing public policy. Program is offered to people with disabilities, their family members, and graduate students. | LEADERSHIP TRAINING | Free | 3-5 days | Current |
| ID:602 | Families First | Brochure describing this free family empowerment training on the basics of early intervention. | LEADERSHIP TRAINING | Free | 3-5 days | Current |
| ID:700 | Quality Enhancement and Monitoring Activites | Brochure describing the monitoring of people with developmental disabilities who live in the community by the Institute on Disabilities. | RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE | Free | 3-5 days | 1998 |
| ID:701 | Technical Assistance | Brochure describing the wide array of activites at the Institute on Disabilities that are designed to faciliate individaul or agency change in a systematic manner. | RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE | Free | 3-5 days | 1998 |
| ID:703 | Pennhurst Longitudinal Study: Executive Summary | A 24-page summary of the Pennhurst Longitudinal Study. | RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE | $16 | 3-5 days | 1985 |
| ID:704 | What We are Learning about Autism and Pervasive Developmental Disorder: Evolving Dialogues and Approaches to Promoting Development and Adaptation | Answers questions about autism and promotes the disalogue that needs to occur in order to enhance the lives of Pennsylvanians with autism. | RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE | $2 | 3-5 days | 1997 |
| ID:705 | People First: A Language Guide | Guide to current and sensitive language to use when speaking with or about people with disabilities. | RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE | Free | 3-5 days | 2003 |
| ID:706 | Open Forum | Guide to making meetings and meeting sites accessibile to people with disabilities. | RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE | Free | 3- 5 days | 1999 |
| ID:707 | Independent Monitoring for Quality: A Statewide Summary (2000-2001;2001-2002; 2002-2003; 2003-2004) | This report presents the findings of face-to-face interviews with individuals receiving services and supports through the Office of Mental Retardation. Independent Monitoring for Quality (IM4Q) is conducted by 46 local programs that are independent from the existing service delivery system. Interviews are conducted by local teams comprised of people with disabilities, family members, and/or concerned citizens. The interview instrument for IM4Q is the Essential Data (EDE) survey. The EDE includes a pre-survey, a consumer survey and a mail survey for family, friends or guardians. The consumer survey is comprised of six sections: Satisfaction; Dignity, Respect and Rights; Choice and Control; Relationships; Inclusion and Monitor Impressions. The sections on Satisfaction and Dignity, Respect and Rights can only be answered by the person receiving supports. The Choice and Control; Relationships and Inclusion sections may be answered by someone else who knows the individual well. | RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE | Free | 5-10 days | |
| ID:709 | Waiting for Services in Pennsylvania: A Review and Analysis | Study of waiting lists for services in Pennsylvania, prepared by the Office of Mental Retardation and the Institute on Disabilites at Temple University. | RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE | $10 | 5-10 days | 1998 |
| ID:710 | In A Struggling Voice: The Selected Poems of Robert R. Williams | Robert R. Williams is a Washington, DC based poet and disability rights activist. In A Struggling Voice is the first published selection of his poetry. Williams was born in 1957 and has had cerebral palsy since birth. His poetry portrays the challenges, struggles and strengths of individuals with significant disabilities, as well as more universal themes of adolescent love relived, the turmoil of Vietnam, and the need to recognize the strength of human diversity. In A Struggling Voice will be of interest to those involved in Disability Studies courses, people who use augmentative communication and their allies, and all individuals interested in the pursuit of civil rights and social justice. | NARRATIVE/PERFORMANCE | $15 | 3-5 days | Copyright 1989 |
| ID:711 | Stories to be Told: Selected Poems of Robert R. Williams | In this second selection of his poetry, Robert Williams tells of the struggles and strengths of individuals with significant disabilities. Williams challenges us to take the good with the bad, all our joys and sorrows, and to somehow fashion them into better tomorrows for ourselves and our children. All proceeds go to the Advancing Independence and ACES programs. This book of poems can be purchased as a two-volume set (#710 & #711) for $35. | NARRATIVE/PERFORMANCE | $25 (Multiple copies of 20 or more are $20 each) | 3-5 days | Copyright 2003 |
| ID:712 | Waiting for Services in Pennsylvania: Phase II | This report gives a "snapshot" of the waiting list in Pennsylvania. People with disabilities waiting for services were categorized into planning, critical, and emergency groups. | RESEARCH AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE | $10 | 3-5 days | 1999 |
| ID:713 | What It Means to be Different, What it Means to be Human--A Presentation by Daniel Gottlieb, PhD | DVD, recorded at the Spring 2007 Mini Course Series on Disabilities, Institute on Disabilities at Temple University. Dr. Gottlieb shares his unique perspective on what it means to be human and on the evolving understanding on the nature of disability. His story-telling ability, his personal experiences and his reading of the profound letters to his grandson Sam included in his latest book "Letters to Sam" make this DVD a moving and enlightening experience. 55 minutes. | NARRATIVE/PERFORMANCE | $15 | 2-3 days | 2007 |
| ID:714 | Letters to Sam: A Grandfather's Lessons on Love, Loss, and the Gifts of Life | Book by Daniel Gottlieb, PhD. SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, especially for the Institute on Disabilities. Inspiring collection of letters from the author to his grandson. From the book jacket: Although the themes of the letters are universal, they draw from a highly personal well of experience. Dan Gottlieb has been paralyzed from the neck down since a nearly fatal automobile accident 25 years ago. His grandson Sam was diagnosed at 14 months old with Pervasive Developmental Disability, a severe form of autism. Dan wrote these letters with the hope that Sam would one day be able to read them and through them, get to know his grandfather. | NARRATIVE/PERFORMANCE | $20 (portion of proceeds to Institute) | 2-3 days | 2007 |
| ID:715 | What it Means to be Different, What it Means to be Human PLUS Letters to Sam: A Grandfathers Lessons on Love, Loss, and the Gifts of Life | Purchase both Dr. Gottlieb's presentation on DVD and his latest book (ID: 713 and ID: 714) and receive a special price! | NARRATIVE/PERFORMANCE | $30 for both DVD and book | 2-3 days | 2007 |
| ID:800 | Self-Determination: In Search of Everyday Life | This video introduces four remarkable people, Giff, Carolyn, Cindy, and Richard, who have found real independence through self-determination. These self-advocates, as well as their family members and friends, candidly describe their experiences with self-determination, and share their visions for the future. | SELF- DETERMINATION | $29 | 3-5 days | Video, open caption, 52:00 |