
Getting Involved on Your College Campus
As a new college student, it’s normal to feel both excited and nervous for life on campus. After all, you’re surrounded by new people,…
For those who pursue post-secondary schooling, there is not much support for autistic students pertaining to college life. With OAR’s Finding Your Way: A College Guide for Students on the Spectrum, you have a succinct navigational booklet that helps you with a lot, including living on campus. However, if you need more assistance, you also have your school’s office of disability services to help you navigate college and take advantage of any academic or housing accommodations that are available.
Are you Ready? Take one or both of our quizzes to help you figure out if living on campus or with a roommate is something that you want to do. After, review the roommate agreements template to get the gist of what it is, and how you and your roommate can accommodate each other’s needs and desires to make for an awesome time together!
Madison House Autism Foundation’s (MHAF) mission is to provide more support, more opportunities, and more hope, to adults with autism and their families.
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children.
Selecting a college can be a huge undertaking. You’re going to be faced with a massive amount of information — and misinformation. Best Value Schools’ mission is to help you in your quest. We provide you with clear, credible guidance to help you find the best college for you.
Getting Involved on Your College Campus
As a new college student, it’s normal to feel both excited and nervous for life on campus. After all, you’re surrounded by new people,…
Scholarship Recipient Shares Her College Experience
OAR interviewed Samantha Harker, a 2020 Schwallie Family Scholarship recipient and member of OAR’s Scholars’ Society, to ask…
Creating an Inclusive and Supportive Campus
In April 2021, OAR’s Board of Directors authorized a board-designated grant to fund a two-year project implementing that program at Empire. Led by Noor…