Set to release this month on Disney+, Pixar’s newest animated short film, “Loop,” has sparked excitement throughout the autism community. According to Pixar, the film’s plot is set to follow a non-verbal girl with autism and a bubbly young boy during a canoeing trip. This news comes after the release of another Pixar short film,…
On December 11, OAR hosted a webinar that highlighted Unstuck and On Target, an executive functioning intervention. The archived webinar is available to watch on OAR’s website. Presented by Drs. Laura Anthony and John Strang, the webinar provided an insightful overview of the research progress conducted on the intervention, the goals and design of the…
OAR is accepting applications for the 2020 OAR Scholarship Program through Monday, May 4, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Applicants can apply to either the Schwallie Family Scholarship or the Lisa Hussman Scholarship. Each offers $3,000 scholarships to students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (DSM-IV or V criteria) pursuing full-time, post-secondary, undergraduate education in the United States.…
OAR created Hire Autism with the goal of helping individuals with autism find meaningful employment opportunities. Following the completion of its two-year pilot test in Northern Virginia, OAR is ready to expand Hire Autism to all 50 states. Hire Autism supports job seekers through various aspects of the job search process, from career exploration to…
OAR is currently accepting applications for the Graduate Research Grant Program and Applied Research Competition. Since 2002, OAR has funded over 265 research studies, bringing its funding total to more than $4 million. OAR expects to build on this success in 2020, continuing its support of research studies that offer meaningful outcomes to individuals with…
The new year is a great time to update your family, school, and crisis safety plans. Don’t have them? OAR will help you build them from scratch by providing Life Journey Through Autism: A Guide to Safety. Autism presents a range of safety challenges across the lifespan, whether it’s wandering incidents in childhood, cyberbullying during…
In November, OAR’s Board of Directors authorized funding for seven new applied autism research studies in 2020. These new grants, totaling $275,000, bring OAR’s total research funding to more than $4 million since 2002. This is the first of seven previews to be featured in The OARacle this year. Anxiety disorders are prevalent in children…
Many people with autism find comfort in structure, lists, and routines. Not me. I’m one of those people who absolutely cannot operate within such constraints. It’s one of the reasons I became a self-employed artist to begin with. However, some degree of goal setting and measurement is necessary to turn a talent into a successful…
The number of individuals who are identified with autism currently presents at 1 in 59. Let’s consider semantics, altering this to 1 among 59. The first separates; the second includes. To be among or within a group is preferential to being tagged as a part of a prevalent trend apart from the general population. You…
Since 2002, OAR has funded more than 120 studies through its Applied Research Competition, totaling more than $4 million total in research funding. OAR hopes to build on this success in 2020 and continue to support research studies that offer meaningful outcomes to individuals with autism and their families. 2020 Applied Research Competition OAR invites…
