The following articles discuss providing services to patrons, mainly youth patrons, with special needs. The titles in italics are not freely available on the Internet. The articles from Children & Libraries, Winter 2007 can be requested from ALSC.
- All Kids of Flowers Grow Here: The Child’s Place for Children with Special Needs at Brooklyn Public Library. by Carrie Banks. Children and Libraries. (April, 2004).
- Bridging the Gap: Making Libraries More Accessible for a Diverse Autistic Population. by Lauren Barack. SLJ. (July, 2014).
- Make It Universal. by Sarah Bayliss. SLJ (October, 2015).
- Where is it? ¿Dónde está? Spanish Language Resources about Children with Special Needs. Children and Libraries. (Winter, 2007).
- Small Steps, Big Results: Preparing a Storytime for Children with Special Needs. by Antoinette D’Orazio. Children and Libraries. (Winter, 2007).
- The Autism Spectrum | Books for Kids, Parents, and Teachers. Alicia Eames. SLJ. (February, 2013).
- Developmentally Appropriate Practice: Using New Media with Children, Birth through School-age by Anne Hicks. Young Children, New Media, and Libraries.
- Is Your Early Childhood Literature Collection Disabilities-Inclusive and Current? by Crystal E. Kaiser. Children and Libraries. (Winter, 2007).
- Beyond Barriers: Creating Storytimes for Families of Children with ASD by Anne Leon. Children and Libraries. (Winter, 2011).
- School Librarians as Ambassadors of Inclusive Information Access for Students with Disabilities by Mega Subramaniam, Rebecca Oxley, & Christie Kodama. School Library Research. Vol 16. (2013).
- Making the Wheel Bigger: Programming for Teens with Special Needs. by Katie Mitchell. VOYA. (October, 2012).
- Almost Adult, with Autism by Carly Okyle. SLJ. (November, 2015).
- CO Library Pilots a Robotics Program that Helps Kids with Autism. by Carly Okyle. SLJ. (January, 2015).
- Program Diversity: Do Libraries Serve Kids with Disabilities? by Carly Okyle. SLJ. (May, 2014).
- Try Something New by Angela Reynolds. ALSC blog. (November, 2015).
- How to Use IPads to Help Teens With Autism by Carrie Rogers-Whitehead. SLJ. (October, 2015).
- Free New Game Apps Support Children with Autism. SLJ. (April, 2014).
- Q&A: YA Author with Autism Talks to SLJ About “Autism on the Page” Event. by Carolyn Sun. SLJ (March, 2015).
- The Building Bridges Project: Library Services to Youth with Disabilities. by Lisa Wemett. Children and Libraries. (Winter, 2007).
- Rated E for Everyone: Expanding Services to Children with Special Needs. by Peggy Wong and Allen McGinley. SLJ. (December, 2010). This article is available through the Kansas State Library EBSCO Host database: Education Abstracts (H.W. Wilson).
- Sensory Storytime for Special Needs Adults, Urban Library Council