Most approaches for teaching reading involve students reading aloud and receiving feedback. These approaches are not feasible for nonspeaking students, and teachers need alternative strategies that do not require speech. To provide guidance about effective strategies, we conducted a systematic review of 51 experimental studies within 36 journal…

This study examined the response of two students in the Southwestern United States with autism spectrum disorder and IQ in the intellectual disability range to a comprehensive, text-based reading intervention. The intervention, "Friends on the Block," includes multiple strands of literacy providing explicit instruction in phonics,…

The purpose of this article is to describe recommendations for providing evidence-based literacy instruction to students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), including students with comorbid autism spectrum disorder (autism). We identify six evidence-based practices, highlight key research that supports each practice, and then…