Community Participation for Adults with ASD
August 02, 2019
In this one-year study, “Examining Personal and Environmental Factors Associated with Community Participation for Adults
Safe Dating for Youth with ASD
January 31, 2019
In October, OAR’s Board of Directors authorized funding for eight new applied autism research studies
Improving Facial Emotion Recognition
December 04, 2018
In 2016, OAR awarded $2,000 research grants to Shalini Sivathasan, a Ph.D. student in educational
Addressing Challenging Behavior
November 02, 2018
OAR’s Board of Directors authorized funding for this study in October 2017. Virginia Walker, Ph.D.,
Learning Work Skills While Working
October 02, 2018
With thousands of teens with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) moving into adulthood each year, employment
Post-High School: Pitfalls and Possibilities
August 28, 2018
It is widely known that adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face obstacles that impede
Are Peers Effective in a Social Skills Program?
July 27, 2018
In 2014, OAR awarded two research scientists, Nicole Matthews, Ph.D., and Christopher Smith, Ph.D., both
Effective Vocational Rehabilitation Services
July 03, 2018
In 2016 OAR awarded an applied grant to researchers Anne Roux, M.P.H., M.A., and Paul
Graduate Studies Examine College Life
November 28, 2017
Since OAR’s Graduate Research Grant Program was established in 2004, OAR has awarded over $222,800
Teaching Children with Autism to Wait
November 01, 2017
OAR-funded researcher Laura C. Chezan, Ph.D., BCBA-D., an assistant professor of special education at Old
Which Factors Predict Employment?
October 02, 2017
In her 2011 OAR-funded study, Hsu-Min Chiang, Ph.D., an assistant professor in autism spectrum disorders
START Succeeds in Improving Social Skills
August 29, 2017
In 2013, OAR funded a research study that evaluated a social skills group intervention for
