Cultural Competence and Racial Equity Resources
National Center for Cultural Competence, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, provides training, technical assistance, and consultation, contributes to knowledge through publications and research, creates tools and resources to support health and mental health care providers and systems, supports leaders to promote and sustain cultural and linguistic competency, and collaborates with an extensive network of private and public entities to advance the implementation of these concepts.
Equity in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation Webinar Series by the Center of Excellence for Infant & Early Childhood Mental Health Consultation, Georgetown University Center for Child and Human Development, builds awareness of the impact of institutional racism and other forms of bias on the experiences of young children of color and children from other marginalized communities in early childhood settings and identifies policies and strategies that support more equitable systems.
Race Equity and Inclusion Action Guide: 7 Steps to Advance and Embed Race Equity and Inclusion in Your Organization by the Annie E. Casey Foundation demonstrates how a race equity lens can be adopted by foundations or other organizations that work directly with systems, technical assistance providers and communities.
Cultural Competence in Autism Spectrum Disorders Assessment and Diagnosis webinar conducted by the by the Minnesota LEND at the University of Minnesota Institute on Community Integration provides information about providing ASD assessment and support across cultures.
Intersectionality Resources
Intersectionality & Disability video featuring Keri Gray, founder and CEO of the Keri Gray Group, illustrates how the framework of intersectionality is essential to true inclusion.
Show Up Authentically: Life at the Intersection of Disability and Multiple Identities is an archived panel discussion from the RespectAbility Summit in 2018. Each panelist is a person of color who also lives with a disability.
Rooted in Rights Race and Disability Blog - posts highlight the intersections of race and disability identity through authentic narratives and reporting.
Plain Language and Accessible Resources
Understanding the Protests is a social story developed by Easterseals Illinois Autism Partnership to help individuals with autism understand the protests happening in cities across the nation.
Using Social Stories to Support People with I/DD During Civil Unrest - YAI developed social stories to help contextualize current events, including understanding why people are protesting police brutality, how to say sorry and change problematic behavior, and how to be a better listener and friend.
What is Police Violence? A plain-language booklet about anti-Black racism, police violence, and what you can do to stop it was developed by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN) in collaboration with the American Association of People with Disabilities and Green Mountain Self-Advocates to help people with disabilities learn about what is happening and help create change.
Implicit Bias Resources
The Ohio State University Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity Implicit Bias Module Series offers four 10-minute modules to help viewers understand implicit bias, uncover some of their own implicit biases, and learn strategies for addressing them.
UCLA Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Implicit Bias Video Series offers 7 brief videos on topics including biases, attitudes and stereotypes, real world consequences, and countermeasures.
Harvard University’s Project Implicit- Implicit Association Test measures beliefs that people may be unwilling or unable to report. There are tests to measure attitudes and beliefs on several topics, including race, gender, sexuality, religion, and disability.
