Autistic individuals deserve access to health information that’s tailored for their needs. Do you want advice on how to advocate for yourself at your next doctor’s visit? Are you wondering how to discuss important topics like puberty, dating, sexuality, and sexual assault with an autistic teen or adult in your life? These OAR-created and funded resources offer information for autistic individuals and their families about physical, mental, and sexual health.
This guide is a sexuality and sex education resource written specifically for autistic people age 15 and up. Autistic people sometimes don’t have the chance to learn about sexuality and sex in ways that work for them, so OAR created this guide as a starting point to change that. In each of the nine sections of the guide, self-advocates will be able to read articles and watch brief videos before testing their knowledge about a given topic and practicing new skills. This is also a great resource for parents and caregivers to use in early conversations about sex education with their autistic family member.
Every student experiences stress at some point during college. Created by a team led by Vanessa Bal, Ph.D. and Evan Kleiman, Ph.D. at Rutgers University, OAR’s Mental Health Guide for Autistic College Students is intended to help autistic students promote their own well-being and know when and where to seek mental health services during college. The guide addresses challenges that may come up, as well as tips to promote well-being and cope with feeling overwhelmed. It also offers practical advice for navigating access to mental health care for autistic college students and their parents.
All Brains Belong VT created this online resource that provides guidance for medical professionals
and autistic individuals in addressing multiple health conditions and improving the health of autistic patients. Autistic and ADHD adults often have multiple intertwined health conditions, yet the healthcare system can get in the way of clinicians addressing multiple medical problems at one time. Treating these intertwined medical conditions as separate may result in a person not getting better. Thinking of these medical conditions as a group (or cluster/constellation) may result in more improvements. OAR and the Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P) provided funding for this resource through the Community Grant Competition.
Search & Snicker™: Conversations About Relationships & Sexuality offers important tools needed to provide healthy guidance about intimate relationships to autistic adults and other neurodivergent individuals. Developed by First Place AZ and informed by the neurodivergent community and best practices, the guides are available as PDF downloads targeted at three distinct groups: family members, direct service providers, and healthcare providers. OAR and the Autism Intervention Research Network on Physical Health (AIR-P) provided funding for these guides through the Community Grant Competition.
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