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Welcome to OAR’s Autism Resource Store!

The Organization for Autism Research publishes and provides resources to support families, autistic individuals, educators, employers, and clinical professionals.

We provide free shipping to all customers in the U.S., including overseas military APO and FPO addresses. International shipping fees are not covered by OAR. All downloads are free.

Introducing OAR’s New Lending Library on Libby

You can now borrow OAR’s resources using the Libby app, by Overdrive!  The lending library also includes popular fiction and non-fiction books, clinical texts, guidebooks, kids’ books, and more for community members to borrow for free from their personal devices for leisure or educational reading.

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These guidebooks are available for use by all those whose lives are affected by autism. In keeping with OAR’s mission, the information included in these books may be utilized for personal use, teaching, research, for IEP meetings or any other capacity in order to facilitate the dissemination of information. You may reproduce (print, make photocopies, or download) these materials without prior permission for non-commercial purposes. If used professionally, we ask that the you provide proper attribution of the source in all copies. Parties interested in translating the resources may request a license agreement.

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  • A Parent’s Guide to Research

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    Understanding a complex spectrum disorder like autism is difficult enough in a purely academic setting. Yet when parents learn of their child’s autism diagnosis, they are tasked with educating themselves about autism and the wide range of treatment options available.  Research can play a critical role in that education. That is why we created A Parent’s Guide to Research, a basic primer on autism research. 
    $0.00 SelectFirst two resources are free.
  • A Guide to Safety

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    A Guide to Safety was written with help from parents, first responders, educators, and community members, who shared their strategies and resources to address safety threats that commonly arise during childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. This resource helps educate parents, caregivers, educators, first responders, and other community members about how to prevent and mitigate emergency events, safety threats that may affect their child in the future, and how to teach safety habits that will build a foundation for safety in adulthood. 
    $0.00 SelectFirst two resources are free.
  • Navigating the Special Education System

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    More autistic children are attending public school than ever before. Many teachers, administrators, and school support staff lack the background and training to meet the unique needs of autistic students. It falls to the parents to make sure that their child’s challenges, whether with social interactions, communication, or behavior, are addressed with research-based interventions within the school setting. To assure this, parents must have a basic understanding of special education services, their child’s rights, and their own. 
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  • A Guide for Military Families

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    When a military family has an autistic child, they face all the emotions and challenges that accompany this diagnosis, compounded by the realities of military service: war, extended family separation, frequent moves, varying access to specialized healthcare, and other stressors that complicate and often work against effective treatment for autistic children. These families need help navigating these uncharted and difficult waters.
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  • Operation Autism

    Operation Autism is a web-based resource specifically designed and created to support military families that have children with autism.
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  • A Guide for Transition to Adulthood

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    Adulthood represents a time in one’s life where there are increased levels of independence, choice, and personal control. These are all qualities that can and should be part of any autistic adult’s life. For many young autistic people and their families, the transition to adulthood is a daunting one, marked by significant changes in available services. Proper planning can ease this difficult transition, however, and ensure that all autistic individuals build the skills and establish the supports that will allow them to take advantage of all that adulthood has to offer. 
    $0.00 SelectFirst two resources are free.
  • A Parent’s Guide to Assessment

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    The formal assessment process can be a daunting experience for parents of children newly diagnosed with autism. The professionals who conduct assessments often rely on objective measures that use technical language around “deficit performance” or what your child cannot do. Rarely do they explain outcomes in terms that parents can use to set goals for their children. A Parent’s Guide to Assessment is intended to remove the mystery surrounding assessment and provide the tools to help parents better understand the process and utilize assessment outcomes to improve services and interventions for their children. 
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  • An Educator’s Guide to Autism

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    An Educator’s Guide to Autism provides parents, teachers, and education professionals with a plan for teaching an autistic child in the general elementary classroom setting.  The heart of An Educator’s Guide to Autism is a six-step approach for a teacher preparing to educate autistic children in their classroom. The discussion of each step includes practical tips on what a teacher should look for and how to navigate the challenges that may arise. Following these steps offers the teacher the potential to create the most favorable educational environment for all learners in the classroom, including the student with autism. 
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  • An Educator’s Guide to ASD (Level 1 Supports)

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    The revised guide serves as a primer for general education teachers to support their students who have Level 1 ASD, as introduced in DSM-5 and defined as a mild form of autism that requires support.
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  • Curriculum in a Box

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    This curriculum for autism includes everything teachers need to host a professional development session: two 75-minute PowerPoint training presentations, to be used together or separately, with video clips, participant handouts, activity worksheets, and scripted facilitator notes. It also includes Understanding Autism: A Guide for Secondary School Teachers, along with two guidebooks, in English and Spanish, and a quick reference sheet.
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  • Kit for Kids Classroom Set

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    Our Kit for Kids program is designed to teach elementary and middle school students about their autistic peers. The kit is centered around an illustrated booklet entitled What’s Up with Nick? This colorful, kid-friendly booklet tells the story about a new student, an autistic boy named Nick, through the eyes of a neurotypical peer. The story teaches children that autistic peers may think differently or need some accommodations, but all students are of equal worth and should be treated as such. 
    $0.00 SelectFirst two resources are free.
  • “What’s up with Nick?” Booklet

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    “What’s Up with Nick?” is a colorful, kid-friendly booklet that tells the story about a new student, an autistic boy named Nick, through the eyes of a typical peer. The story teaches children that autistic students may think differently or need some accommodations, but all students are of equal worth and should be treated as such.
    $0.00 SelectFirst two resources are free.
  • Kit for Kids Activity Workbooks Classroom Set

    50.00
    The Kit for Kids Activity Workbooks expand upon the information presented in the What’s Up with Nick? story and give students a chance to engage with the material they just learned in the lesson. There are different workbooks for students in grades K-1, 2-3, 4-5, and 6-8. They can be assigned as independent or group classwork, or as homework. Each version comes in a pack of 20 activity workbooks. 
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  • Friendship Tip Sheets Classroom Set

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    The Kit for Kids Friendship Tip Sheets are designed to help non-autistic kids be understanding, supportive friends to their autistic peers. The tip sheets use engaging visuals, activities, and reflection questions to capture children’s attention and promote discussion. They cover some of the communication barriers and sensory differences that can cause misunderstandings between autistic and non-autistic kids and provide clear, actionable steps that focus on what autistic individuals want their peers to know. 
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  • Autism Tuned In

    Autism Tuned In is an online extension of our popular Kit for Kids program, which is designed to teach elementary and middle school students about their autistic peers. The online e-learning space not only enhances the learning experience with color and movement but is also more easily accessed and shared.
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  • Autism Tuned In: Student Rewards

    2.50
    These rewards can be handed out to students who complete all of the online activities on the Autism Tuned In website. Each student receives one ribbon and one pencil for completing all activities. Students can write their names on the ribbons for display.  Each set comes with two (2) paper ribbons and two (2) pencils for a total of two (2) students. 
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