Based on its research and other activities, Center faculty, staff and students publish books, articles, chapters and reviews and distribute research and policy papers, bulletins, fact sheets, information packages and other materials. Topics include disability law and policy, clinical legal education, educational programs and policy, institutional life, inclusive community life (home, school, employment and friendships), the life experiences of people with disabilities, and a variety of other issues. Prominent periodicals are also edited by Center faculty, staff and students.
Center on Human Policy Publications
Throughout its long history, the Center on Human Policy has been a strong voice for the full inclusion of people with disabilities in the community. With the distribution of its publications, the Center has always had a goal to improve society's literacy about disabilities by demonstrating that the greatest obstacles faced by people with disabilities are societally imposed.
Through its funded projects, the Center distributes bulletins, research reports, journal articles, information packages, and other materials on a broad range of topics related to integration or inclusion for people with disabilities (our "Community Integration Report Series"), primarily concerning those who have been labeled with cognitive disabilities. These resources have been prepared by Center staff and associates, including Responsive Systems Associates (John O'Brien and Connie Lyle O'Brien).
Through the Human Policy Press, the Center distributes posters, classic books, t-shirts, buttons and other novelty items that promote positive attitudes towards people with disabilities.
Early Childhood Direction Center Publications
The Mid-State Central Early Childhood Direction Center (ECDC) distributes booklets, bulletins, checklists, and other resources primarily concerning the inclusion of children with special needs birth to five.
Facilitated Communication Institute Publications
The institute is committed to providing the most recent information about facilitated communication to the public including research articles and books that explicate facilitated communication; training manuals and guides designed to be used by both professionals and parents; training videotapes, focusing on different age groups and progressive stages of independence; and film accounts of individuals who learned to communicate with facilitation.