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Resources Supporting Public Transportation for Youth with Disabilities
In acquiring skills, planning for higher education, preparing for jobs and successfully encountering transition, young people need a key element to support these activities: Transportation. There must be a way to get to the classroom, the work place and all the other destinations of community life. Young adults can find the independence through the use of public transportation.
Easter Seals Project ACTION offers several resources specifically designed to facilitate the use of public transportation for students and young adults with disabilities.
Publications available through the Clearinghouse
The following materials may be ordered free of charge from the Clearinghouse, and may also be downloaded in electronic formats.
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Public Transportation: The Route to Freedom A Transportation Education Program for Students with Disabilities in Grades 8-12
Curriculum Word format on CD-ROM, with 4-page printed insert and 14-minute DVD program, 2006. Curriculum was developed to teach students in secondary schools about concepts, skills and behaviors necessary to use public transportation. The course is aligned with New York State standards while complementing and adaptable to the standards of other states. Includes a teacher and resource guide, a curriculum for students participating in a standardized assessment of skills, and a curriculum for students participating in alternate assessments. The curriculum modules may be downloaded in PDF and text formats through this link.
Buses and Trains for Everyone
8.5" x 11" booklet and two CD-ROMs: one containing video (.mpg) file, one containing PDF files, 114 pages. Serving as both a curriculum guide for teachers and as a workbook for students in grades 4-8, this resource documents lesson plans from different schools around the country and presents classroom activities for students. A dynamic resource for teachers, parents and human service professionals. Download Buses and Trains for Everyone in PDF format through the following links:
Buses and Trains for Everyone also has its own Web page with numerous resources for teachers and students, including an online game.
You Can Ride
5.5" x 8.5", 23 page booklet, 2001. A pictorial guide to successful bus travel, designed for people who cannot read or do not use English. Depicts everything from planning a trip to exiting a bus on fixed routes and paratransit systems. Includes audio CD.
Download You Can Ride in PDF format | Download You Can Ride in text format
Safe Transportation of Students with Disabilities: A Select National Resource List
8.5" x 11", 2 pages, 2004. A compilation of publications, Web sites and organizations addressing safe transportation for students with disabilities. Some sample references are: "Resources for Special Needs Transportation," Web sites for the National Association for Pupil Transportation (NAPT) and School Transportation News.
Download the Student Transportation Fact Sheet in PDF format | Download the Student Transportation Fact Sheet in text format
"But how do I get there?" Making the Transportation Link for Job Seekers with Disabilities
5.5" x 8.5", 5 page booklet, 2005. Designed for One-Stop center staff, this brochure reviews how to include transportation planning in the job search or other employment services being provided to clients. It details transportation options for customers and presents nine steps for resolving job seekers' transportation problems.
Download "But how do I get there?" in PDF format | Download "But how do I get there?" in text format
Impact: Feature Issue on Meeting Transportation Needs of Youth and Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Impact is a publication from the Institute on Community Integration (UCEDD), University of Minnesota that offers individual and system-wide strategies for meeting transportation needs of youth and adults with developmental disabilities. The Summer 2005 issue of the quarterly Impact newsletter is designed for use by disability service providers and other human service agencies, advocacy organizations, schools, individuals with disabilities and their families.
This issue was co-written and edited by ESPA staff, and is available online.
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