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OAR is once again hosting a three-part webinar series in celebration of autism acceptance month. Join us this spring as we learn about community-based participatory research (CBPR). What is it, and why is it so important? What are some ways we can meaningfully engage autistic stakeholders as we design, implement, and disseminate our own work? In this series, we highlight successful partnerships and explore effective participatory models to authentically collaborate with autistic partners.

All three webinar events are free and include a Q&A session. Those who attend the live webinars will receive certificates of attendance.

Participatory Research with Autistic Adults

Presented by Christina Nicolaidis, MD, MPH

March 31, 2022 at 1:00 PM EST

Dr. Nicolaidis will kick off this series with an overview of participatory research models we can use to effectively engage autistic stakeholders. She will then offer practical examples, lessons learned, and recommendations from her work conducted with AASPIRE (https://aaspire.org/) and other research partnerships spanning the past two decades. Click here to register today.

HEARTS: A healthy relationships class for autistic people co-taught with autistic teachers

Presented by Emily F. Rothman, ScD, Laura Graham Holmes, Ph.D., and Reid Caplan

April 7, 2022, at 1:00 PM EST

This healthy relationships class was developed with a neurodiversity framework in mind. Learn what happened when the creators collaboratively designed and facilitated the classes using autistic/non-autistic co-teaching teams. Click here to register today.

Autistic Adults and other Stakeholders Engage Together (AASET) for Suicide Prevention

Presented by Stephen Shore, EdD, Teal Benevides, Ph.D., MS, OTR/L, Brenna Maddox, Ph.D., and Shari Jager-Hyman, PhD

April 20, 2022, at 11 AM EST

Suicide is a leading cause of premature death for autistic individuals. Learn how this research team is evaluating the effectiveness of suicide prevention interventions by engaging autistic individuals and their family members as research partners. Strategies to promote meaningful partnerships will be discussed. Click here to register today.

For more information about OAR’s webinar program or to access OAR’s archived webinar events, visit: https://researchautism.org/news-events/webinars/. For feedback or suggestions on future webinar activities, contact us at webinar(@)researchautism.org.