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OAR welcomed its first Hire Autism intern, Nora Leibold, in mid-June for an internship that will last until the end of August. She will be updating the Hire Autism blog, developing new contacts for the Hire Autism portal, reaching out to applicants who have created Hire Autism accounts, and working on procedural guides.

Leibold will be a junior at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the fall. She is majoring in psychology with a specialization in computer programming. She chose OAR for her internship out of a desire to work for an organization that serves people with autism and their families and to see how an organization like OAR uses applied research to help people.

“My cousin has autism. He is in middle school, but his parents have expressed concern about what he will do after high school,” Leibold notes. “With a job portal like Hire Autism, I feel like I am helping people like my cousin and my aunt and uncle who have that same concern for finding work after graduation.”