Orion Academy[1] is a private high school in Concord, California, United States, for students with autism, nonverbal learning disorder (NLD), and other neurocognitive disabilities.

[5] In 1988, Sue Thompson, Judy Lewis, and, all involved with nonverbal learning disorder,[clarification needed] met with Stewart to ask her to set up a school for students with NLD or Asperger's syndrome.

They introduced Stewart to Aaron and Val Simon, parents of a child with Asperger's syndrome who were interested in funding a school.

With funding from the Simons, after two years of planning meetings, Orion Academy welcomed its first eight students taught by four teachers in September 2000.

Orion-specific activities include the Dog Program, a mandatory personal project class, social skills groups, laptop computers as a basis of all work done by students, mandated volunteer experiences, and internship opportunities.