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…
OAR is now accepting applications for the 2020 OAR Scholarship Program. The application period opened on Monday, December 2, 2019; applications will be accepted until Monday, May 4, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Applicants can apply to either the Schwallie Family Scholarship or the Lisa Higgins Hussman Scholarship. Each offers $3,000 scholarships to students diagnosed with…
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…
For the tenth year in a row, GreatNonprofits, a major charity-rating website, has recognized OAR as a “top-rated” nonprofit organization. This rating is determined by the overwhelmingly positive reviews from the many OAR friends, supporters, and community partners who provided feedback during this year’s campaign. OAR is honored by and deeply appreciative of this amazing…
Have you successfully helped a loved one or a mentee enter the workforce? OAR is seeking people like you to serve as Hire Autism navigators and help job seekers launch their search for meaningful employment. OAR’s adult employment initiative, Hire Autism, provides job seekers with free résumé and cover letter reviews as well as online…
On November 2, OAR’s Scientific Council met in Washington, D.C., to select the best studies from the 2019 Applied Research Competition. OAR received 148 pre-proposals and invited 45 applicants to submit full proposals. Only 16 full proposals were selected to move on to the final round. After much deliberation, the Scientific Council recommended seven research…
OAR’s 18th birthday this month evokes a flood of memories. The first is one of three men, Jim Sack, Mike Maloney, and me, meeting in a bar in Baltimore in January 2002. OAR had just been legally established, and Jim and Mike drove up from Washington to pitch OAR and recruit me to become the…
Helping adults with ASD find meaningful employment requires the support of exceptional people like Diane and Rusty Lingenfelter. They were among the first supporters of Hire Autism, OAR’s employment initiative, and took their commitment to the next level last month by becoming our first Hire Autism Navigators. The Navigator program was created by OAR to…
