15/07/2009 - CILIP announce 'Libraries Change Lives' Award Winner
A Leeds library project which helps local families whose children have autism has won the CILIP Libraries Change Lives Award 2009.
Children with autism can have difficulty with social communication and interaction resulting in unpredictable behaviour, and parents may not see libraries as somewhere to go to for information, advice or guidance.
Across the Board: Autism support for families has resulted in autism and associated communication and behavioural issues being more widely understood and accepted by library staf, who are supportive and offer practical help as well as running autism/asperger monthly advice sessions in partnership with specialist teaching staff and health professionals.
Families can now access Boardmaker software, a picture communication tool that can enable parents and autistic children to communicate with each other, in libraries across Leeds and no longer have to buy books to find out more about their child’s condition. Recommended books are now available from any of the 53 libraries in Leeds, supplementing the range of books on autism already available from Leeds Libraries.
The winner was announced by the 1999-2009 Poet Laureate and Chair of the Museums Libraries and Archives Council, Andrew Motion, today at CILIP’s biennial Umbrella 2009 Conference.
Read the full story on the CILIP website
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