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Improving Access to Autism Services for Navajo Families
Autism is a complex, neurodevelopmental disability that affects many U.S. children and requires access to services and interventions to allow autistic...
Community-based interventions are limited for autistic adults. Could community programs fill some of the gap? Programs that foster self-expression, confidence,...
Substance use disorder is a widespread problem that affects one in 10 Americans, including autistic adults. While there is evidence-based...
Behavioral Strategies to Help with Problem Behavior
Problem behavior, such as self-injury, aggression, and disruptive behavior, which many autistic children demonstrate, can strain family relationships and result...
Reducing Sleep Problems Experienced by Autistic Youth
Sleep difficulties are highly prevalent in autistic youth, often contributing to negative child and family outcomes. Behavioral sleep interventions have...
The Role of Social Connection in Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors
Suicide is a leading cause of early death for autistic individuals. Researchers do not know whether an autistic adult is...
Preparing Transition-Age Youth for Independence
Research has shown that autistic adults have poorer quality-of-life outcomes than their neurotypical peers, including lower employment rates and educational...
Interpreting an Indirect Request
In 2022, OAR awarded a graduate research grant to Faith Frost, who was pursuing her doctoral degree in Communication Sciences...
Identifying Effective Prompts to Teach Autistic Children
Behavioral intervention for autistic children focuses on building many skills in a short amount of time through individualized programming. That...
Testing an Intervention to Reduce Anxiety
As the number of autistic students attending college has increased, more colleges have created programs to support them. However, mental...
Training Early Intervention Providers to Screen for ASD
Part C of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA, 2004) provides special education services to eligible infants and toddlers...
Increasing Resiliency in Parents of Autistic Children
In 2018, OAR gave a $2,000 Graduate Research Grant to Sara Spong, who was then a doctoral student at Regent...
