In 2014, OAR’s Board of Directors authorized funding for seven new applied autism research studies in 2015. This additional $210,000 in research grants brings the total funds awarded by OAR to over $3.3 million since its first grants in January 2003. This is the last of seven previews that have been featured in The OARacle…
Executive function skills like flexibility, goal setting, planning, organization, big-picture thinking, and task completion are critical to our ability to live independently. Unfortunately, they are often profoundly lacking in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). OAR-funded researchers John Strang, Psy.D., and Lauren Kenworthy, Ph.D., from the Center for Autism Spectrum Disorders at the Children’s National…
Toilet training one’s child is a nearly universal challenge for parents, but it is a particularly distressing ordeal for parents of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). While most typically developing children stop having daytime toileting accidents between the ages of 2 and 4, most individuals with ASD are either delayed in their acquisition of…
In 2014, OAR’s Board of Directors authorized funding for seven new applied autism research studies in 2015. This additional $210,000 in research grants brings the total funds awarded by OAR to over $3.3 million since its first grants in January 2003. This is the fourth of seven previews that will be featured in The OARacle…
In 2014, OAR’s Board of Directors authorized funding for seven new applied autism research studies in 2015. This additional $210,000 in research grants brings the total funds awarded by OAR to over $3.3 million since its first grants in January 2003. This is the third of seven previews that will be featured in The OARacle…
In 2014, OAR’s Board of Directors authorized funding for seven new applied autism research studies in 2015. This additional $210,000 in research grants brings the total funds awarded by OAR to over $3.3 million since its first grants in January 2003. This is the second of seven previews that will be featured in The OARacle…
In 2014, OAR’s Board of Directors authorized funding for seven new applied autism research studies in 2015. This additional $210,000 in research grants brings the total funds awarded by OAR to over $3.3 million since its first grants in January 2003. This is the second of seven previews that will be featured in The OARacle…
In 2014, OAR’s Board of Directors authorized funding for seven new applied autism research studies in 2015. This additional $210,000 in research grants will bring the total funds awarded by OAR to over $3.3 million since its first grants in January 2003. Starting with this preview, we will offer summaries of the newly funded research…
In 2013, OAR’s Board of Directors authorized funding for seven new applied autism research studies in 2014. This additional $210,000 in research grants brought the total funds awarded by OAR to over $3 million since its first grants in January 2003. This review is the last in a series of seven that will appear in…
In 2013, OAR’s Board of Directors authorized funding for seven new applied autism research studies in 2014. This additional $210,000 in research grants brought the total funds awarded by OAR to over $3 million since its first grants in January 2003. This review is the sixth in a series of seven that will appear in…
