OAR is delighted to announce the first winners of Synchrony Tech Career Scholarships. Unlike the existing OAR scholarships, which support autistic students pursuing college studies, these scholarships support autistic adults interested in obtaining technology-related certifications and pursuing a career in the tech sector with awards up to $5,000. Congratulations to these scholarship winners: Casey Gonzalez…
After two years of being virtual, the Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) is back to an in-person race this October. The MCM is consistently one of OAR’s biggest events with 2022 marking the 17th year of OAR’s participation as a charity partner for the MCM and MCM 10K. For the first time, OAR also has entries…
Earlier this year, OAR laid out a set of ambitious goals to continue engaging community members in celebration of April’s Autism Acceptance Month. We worked with teachers, parents, clinicians, autistic individuals, employers, and researchers to support their local initiatives and increase autism acceptance. This recap describes what we accomplished in partnership with community supporters like…
The fourth annual Active for Autism 5K & Kids Dash was another huge success, raising over $53,000 for OAR’s Changing Lives Fund. Throughout Autism Acceptance Month in April, over 250 runners representing four countries, 39 states, Washington D.C., and Guam dedicated their miles to autism research. OAR is grateful to all of the participants, fundraisers,…
In April, OAR teamed up with several researchers to deliver a spring webinar series on community-based participatory research (CBPR). The series featured researchers who conducted studies related to participatory research with autistic adults, healthy relationships on the autism spectrum, and suicide prevention. In highlighting their work, they provided effective strategies for fellow researchers on how…
On May 3, 13 incredible volunteers from across the United States joined Hire Autism staff for the spring Navigator training. They came from various backgrounds and diverse occupations, holding titles such as project manager, program director, peer recovery employment specialist, president, CEO, HR consultant, teacher, and nurse manager. These new navigators will join their peers…
Composed of nine runners, Hire Autism’s navigator team raised $1,063 for autism research during OAR’s Active for Autism 5k event last month. If being a Hire Autism navigator wasn’t already a testament to the commitment and dedication of OAR’s group of mentors helping autistic adults succeed, a select group of eight navigators decided to take…
The Graduate Research Grant program awards up to $1,000 each to master’s students and $2,000 each to doctoral students conducting research related to autism. This year, OAR awarded eight grants totaling $13,655.12.These new grants add up to more than $305,755 to fund 179 graduate research studies since 2004. OAR received 32 study proposals this year.…
We are excited to announce that OAR’s new, expanded Hire Autism website launched on March 31. The new site features more jobs board search filters, a searchable resource library, an events calendar, a user accessibility widget, profile and job board navigation tutorials, personalized job alerts, and improved employer-candidate search capabilities. Following Hire Autism’s demonstration project…
