Getting Involved on Your College Campus
As a new college student, it’s normal to feel both excited and nervous for life on campus. After all, you’re surrounded by new people,…
Scholarship Recipient Shares Her College Experience
OAR interviewed Samantha Harker, a 2020 Schwallie Family Scholarship recipient and member of OAR’s Scholars’ Society, to ask…
Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Campus
In April 2021, OAR’s Board of Directors authorized a board-designated grant to fund a two-year project implementing that program at Empire. Led by Noor…
“Transitions are not about what is probable but about what is possible.” This quote, slightly tweaked, comes from OAR’s Guide for Transition to…
Preparing Your Young Adult for the Transition to Postsecondary Education
This blog post has been adapted from “Chapter 5: Postsecondary Education” of OAR’s resource “A Guide for Transition to Adulthood”. Although times are still…
Resources to Support the New College Student
College. The word conjures up so many images and experiences. For incoming freshmen, those experiences are likely to include adjusting to independence, exciting opportunities…
Disclosure from Personal Points of View
Deciding when and how to disclose autism is complex and personal for each individual with autism and for their parents, particularly when making decisions…
Louis Scarantino is an autism self-advocate. In this post, Louis discusses his experience in college, and what he would change if he had the opportunity…
Michael John Carley is a self-advocate who frequently visits companies to discuss topics related to autism. In this post, Carley writes about how we,…
We’re Not “Bad at Sex,” But We Sure Are Bad at Teaching It – Part 1: “Be Afraid!”
Michael John Carley is a self-advocate who frequently visits companies to discuss topics related to autism. In this post, Carley writes about how…
Live in a dorm: The most important advice I’d give an autistic youth
Austin Shinn is a self-advocate who has Asperger’s Syndrome; he blogs to fight against the negative stigma people on the spectrum have. In this piece,…
Peer pressure occurs everywhere, but it is especially prevalent in college because there are no parental influences to help you decide…
