The literacy movement is not only the responsibility of the government, but the responsibility of all stakeholders such as the business world, universities, social organizations, literacy activists, parents, and the community. The spirit of literacy culture is very active in its implementation in schools from elementary to high school. Various school programs are implemented, starting from reading corners, various places, and media created by schools to support these programs. Likewise, for special schools, literacy for children with special needs is also carried out to support a literacy culture for children with disabilities. There is one special school in Indonesia with disabilities that are included in the autistic category. Several studies have shown that schools are very enthusiastic about implementing the Literacy Movement program. However, it focuses a lot on how to implement it with the right method and does not consider what materials are needed for autistic children. Meanwhile, autistic children need independent literacy in their lives, such as independence in bathing, dressing, using socks, toilet training, and so on. Interesting reading material about self-reliance is hardly available in shops, libraries, and schools. In this article, we convey that making interesting reading materials for autistic students related to independent living is a challenge to make teachers, literacy activists, and communities concerned with literacy. Autistic students need regularity, discipline, and interesting reading with basic material content such as the chaining method. The chaining method, for example, is used to train dental skills in children with intellectual disabilities. The chaining method used is the chaining method used in the next steps of chaining, namely the initial steps of the behavior are taught first, , the steps taught are related to the second steps, and so on until the stage is complete. The type of research used is a case study. Meanwhile, data collection was by observation and by looking at the literacy cases of children with special needs. Research analysis was done using qualitative description. The results showed that the significantly autistic used literacy materials by reading series books in the form of chains which were simpler to read and also useful for their independence in everyday life. Keywords: literacy, autism, reading, independence, chaining

The 2021 data from Director General PMPK (Community Education and Special Education) Kemdikbud Ristekdikti shows that the number of Children with Special Needs (CWSN) students undergoing education in SLB/inclusive schools is 269,398, and the number of schools is 38,038. Meanwhile, out of the 34 provinces in Indonesia, only 23 provinces or 64 districts/cities have issued Regional Regulations for the inclusive education system. CWSN problems in inclusive schools consist of; (1) rejection in the school environment, (2) the limited number of competent teachers handling CWSN, (3) lack of support systems such as an accurate data of CWSN, (4) lack of affirmative policies in some regions. Oftentimes, CWSN students are unattended in class and are not taught properly. Therefore, this research proposal is designed to develop a diagnostic assessment prototype for inclusive students in Mathematics, Science, Indonesian, and Social Studies subjects. The purpose of this module is to find effective solutions to discover weaknesses and potentials that CWSN students have in the classroom. The instrument was made with experts’ justification and a test design that will be tested on 60 deaf and disabled students of inclusion junior high school. There are also complains of violence against CWSN students, inadequate accessibility, and poor service in inclusive schools. Therefore, a questionnaire was also designed to document the administration of education in six districts/cities involving approximately 64 samples of teachers and principals. The test of the instrument and the screening questionnaire will be carried out at the same time. Keywords: inclusion, diagnostic assessment, regulation, test, disability