Inclusion Awareness Month

INCLUSION

This month, we celebrate Inclusion Awareness Month and recognize our commitment to serving individuals of all abilities in our community. Our goal is to connect you to resources, services, programs and invite your feedback and ideas. While this year it may be more challenging to get together, we can still express our commitment to inclusion, and are excited to share a community art project and upcoming virtual programming.

Our commitment to inclusion is ongoing, and we want to hear from you! To tell us more about your needs and ideas, contact us via comment cards available in the library, at ahml.info/contact, call us at 847-392-0100 or TTY: 847-392-1119, or email us at accessibility@ahml.info.

COMMUNITY ART PROJECT To recognize Inclusion Awareness Month, we invite you to create and display origami suncatchers in your homes. Pick up your Origami Suncatcher Kit, one kit per household, while supplies last at: • • Bookmobile • Checkout Desk • Drive-up Window Kids’ World Desk • Senior Center Reading Room Unable to make it to the library? No problem; use your own supplies and follow our instructions to complete the project without ever leaving your home. Visit ahml.info/sun for more information.

Take a photo of your creation and share it with us on social media with the hashtag #AHMLSun.

INCLUSION AWARENESS MONTH

VIRTUAL PROGRAMS Registration required. Programs will be held online on Zoom.

College Knowledge: Planning for Students with Learning Differences Monday, October 5, 7–8:30 p.m. / Zoom

Join experts from JJB Educational Consulting for a conversation about high school and transition planning for students with learning differences, ADHD and autism spectrum disorders. Discuss course selection, learning supports, psychoeducational testing and standardized testing. For high school students and their caregivers.

Learn About Illinois ABLE Accounts Tuesday, October 6, 6:30–8 p.m. / Zoom

Join us to learn about Illinois ABLE (Achieving a Better Life) Accounts from Rosemary Laudani, Manager of Illinois ABLE, of the Illinois Treasurer’s Office.

Illinois ABLE accounts change the way individuals with disabilities and their families can participate in the community and plan for their financial futures. ABLE accounts are easy to open and are easy to manage, are controlled by the account owner, and are used to help with everyday living expenses and long-term purchase plans. ABLE accounts allow for savings and investments that are tax deductible and do not prevent account owners from receiving SSI/SSDI.

FAMILIES

Do something fun together. Parents' Turn Ease Stress and Manage Productivity

Sunday, October 18, 2:30–3:30 p.m. / Zoom COVID-19 has changed the way we live and work, especially for parents that are forced to manage working from home and full-time childcare or remote learning at the same time. A heavy work schedule, multitasking, lack of proper sleep, a poor diet and exercise routine, and even too much time spent looking at a screen, can all leave you more frazzled and less productive.

Join Sunny Amirpour of PositivelySTRONG Health Solutions to learn simple, evidencebased, stress management techniques and lifestyle modifications to ease stress and increase productivity. Corresponding stress management activities for children and productivity tools for parents will also be provided and can be picked up from the library at the Kids’ World Desk for program registrants.

Story Walk at Lake Arlington October 5–31 / Lake Arlington, 2201 N. Windsor

Enjoy a story walk at Lake Arlington this month. Find the signs and read the story as you walk along enjoying the crisp, fall air. For families.

Beginning October 5 Finders Keepers by Keiko Kasza

Beginning October 19 Click, Clack, Boo! by Doreen Cronin

Chapter Chat Parents’ Book Club How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish Tuesday, October 27, 7–8 p.m. / Zoom

If it takes a village to raise a child, then shouldn’t it take a village to support a parent? Join other parents in our first ever Parents’ Book Club. This book is available for checkout in either our adult nonfiction collection or pick up a book discussion copy at the Kids’ World Desk.

H a l l o w e e n F u N live!

Wednesday, October 28 / Kids' World 10–10:45 a.M. / 11–11:45 a.M. / 1–1:45 P.M. 2–2:45 P.M. / 3–3:45 P.M. / 4–4:45 P.M.

Put on your costume and join us for some Halloween fun. Activities will include crafts, stories, games and more. For ages 0 months - 2nd Grade. Registration required for each person attending. Group sizes will be limited.