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Alan M. Leslie
Alan M. Leslie is a Scottish psychologist and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive science at Rutgers University where he directs the Cognitive Development Laboratory.
Alan M. Leslie is a Scottish psychologist and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive science at Rutgers University where he directs the Cognitive Development Laboratory.
Ami Klin
Ami Klin, Ph.D.
Ami Klin, Ph.D.
Arthur Krigsman
Arthur Krigsman, MD, is a pediatrician and gastroenterologist best known for his controversial and widely-criticized research in which he attempted to prove that the MMR vaccine caused diseases...
Arthur Krigsman, MD, is a pediatrician and gastroenterologist best known for his controversial and widely-criticized research in which he attempted to prove that the MMR vaccine caused diseases...
Bernard Rimland
Bernard Rimland, PhD (15 November 1928 – 21 November 2006) was an American research psychologist, writer, lecturer, and advocate for autistic children, ADHD, learning disabilities, and men...
Bernard Rimland, PhD (15 November 1928 – 21 November 2006) was an American research psychologist, writer, lecturer, and advocate for autistic children, ADHD, learning disabilities, and men...
Boyd Haley
Boyd E. Haley, PhD, is a retired professor of chemistry at the University of Kentucky.
Boyd E. Haley, PhD, is a retired professor of chemistry at the University of Kentucky.
Bridget Taylor
Bridget Taylor is the founder of the Alpine Learning Group, researcher on and practitioner of Applied Behavior Analysis.
Bridget Taylor is the founder of the Alpine Learning Group, researcher on and practitioner of Applied Behavior Analysis.
Bruno Bettelheim
Bruno Bettelheim was an Austrian-born American child psychologist and writer.
Bruno Bettelheim was an Austrian-born American child psychologist and writer.
Carol Gray
Carol Gray is the Director of the Gray Center for Social Learning and Understanding in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Carol Gray is the Director of the Gray Center for Social Learning and Understanding in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Christopher Gillberg
Lars Christopher Gillberg, who has sometimes published as Gillberg and Gillberg with his wife Carina Gillberg, is a professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Gothenburg University in G...
Lars Christopher Gillberg, who has sometimes published as Gillberg and Gillberg with his wife Carina Gillberg, is a professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at Gothenburg University in G...
Coral Hull
Coral Hull is an author, poet, artist, photographer, reviewer and lecturer living in Darwin, Australia.
Coral Hull is an author, poet, artist, photographer, reviewer and lecturer living in Darwin, Australia.
David Amaral
David G. Amaral, PhD, is a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Davis, United States, and since 1998 has been the research director at the M.I.N.D. Institute, an affiliate of...
David G. Amaral, PhD, is a professor of psychiatry at the University of California, Davis, United States, and since 1998 has been the research director at the M.I.N.D. Institute, an affiliate of...
Doreen Granpeesheh
Doreen Granpeesheh, PhD, BCBA is a European-American clinical psychologist and producer of the independent award-winning documentary Recovered: Journeys Through the Autism Spectrum and Back,...
Doreen Granpeesheh, PhD, BCBA is a European-American clinical psychologist and producer of the independent award-winning documentary Recovered: Journeys Through the Autism Spectrum and Back,...
Douglas Biklen
Douglas Paul Biklen (born September 8, 1945) is an American educator best known for promoting the controversial theory of "facilitated communication", an augmentative and alternative communicati...
Douglas Paul Biklen (born September 8, 1945) is an American educator best known for promoting the controversial theory of "facilitated communication", an augmentative and alternative communicati...
Edward Gary Carr
Dr. Edward Gary Carr (b.
Dr. Edward Gary Carr (b.
Eric Fombonne
Eric Fombonne, MD, FRCP, (b.
Eric Fombonne, MD, FRCP, (b.
Eric Schopler
Eric Schopler (1927 – July 7, 2006) was an American psychologist whose pioneering research into autism led to the foundation of the TEACCH program.
Eric Schopler (1927 – July 7, 2006) was an American psychologist whose pioneering research into autism led to the foundation of the TEACCH program.
Illana Katz
Illana Katz (born 1948) is an author, lecturer, and founder of Real Life Storybooks, a publisher of special needs storybooks for children.
Illana Katz (born 1948) is an author, lecturer, and founder of Real Life Storybooks, a publisher of special needs storybooks for children.
Irva Hertz-Picciotto
Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Ph.D., M.P.H., is an environmental epidemiologist best known for her studies of autism.
Irva Hertz-Picciotto, Ph.D., M.P.H., is an environmental epidemiologist best known for her studies of autism.
John Allman
John Morgan Allman is a neuroscientist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California and a well recognized expert on primates, cognition and evolutionary neuroscience.
John Morgan Allman is a neuroscientist at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California and a well recognized expert on primates, cognition and evolutionary neuroscience.
John Morton (scientist)
John Morton was the director of the now deceased Medical Research Council Cognitive Development Unit at University College London.
John Morton was the director of the now deceased Medical Research Council Cognitive Development Unit at University College London.
Johnny Matson
Johnny Lee Matson is Professor and Distinguished Research Master in the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University.
Johnny Lee Matson is Professor and Distinguished Research Master in the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University.
Leo Kanner
Leo Kanner (pronounced "Conner") (June 13, 1894 – April 3, 1981) was a Jewish American psychiatrist and physician known for his work related to autism.
Leo Kanner (pronounced "Conner") (June 13, 1894 – April 3, 1981) was a Jewish American psychiatrist and physician known for his work related to autism.
Lorna Wing
Lorna Wing, MD, FRCPsych, (born 7 October 1928) is an English psychiatrist and physician.
Lorna Wing, MD, FRCPsych, (born 7 October 1928) is an English psychiatrist and physician.
Mady Hornig
Mady Hornig, MD (born 1957) is a psychiatrist and an associate professor of epidemiology at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, where she is Director of Translational Research...
Mady Hornig, MD (born 1957) is a psychiatrist and an associate professor of epidemiology at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, where she is Director of Translational Research...
Marcel Just
Marcel Just is D. O. Hebb Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University.
Marcel Just is D. O. Hebb Professor of Psychology at Carnegie Mellon University.
Marilyn J. Monteiro
Marilyn J. Monteiro, Ph.D. is a psychologist who specializes in evaluating and diagnosing children on the spectrum of autism disorders.
Marilyn J. Monteiro, Ph.D. is a psychologist who specializes in evaluating and diagnosing children on the spectrum of autism disorders.
Mark Geier
Mark R. Geier (born 1948, Washington, D.C.) is a self-employed American physician and controversial professional witness who has testified in more than 90 cases regarding allegations of injury o...
Mark R. Geier (born 1948, Washington, D.C.) is a self-employed American physician and controversial professional witness who has testified in more than 90 cases regarding allegations of injury o...
Michelle Dawson
Michelle Dawson (born 1961) is an individual diagnosed with autism and an autism researcher.
Michelle Dawson (born 1961) is an individual diagnosed with autism and an autism researcher.
Morton Ann Gernsbacher
Morton Ann Gernsbacher is Vilas Research Professor and Sir Frederic Bartlett Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Morton Ann Gernsbacher is Vilas Research Professor and Sir Frederic Bartlett Professor of Psychology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Nancy Minshew
Nancy Minshew is a Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh.
Nancy Minshew is a Professor of Psychiatry and Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh.
Ole Ivar Lovaas
Ole Ivar Løvaas Ph.D. (8 May 1927 – 2 August 2010) was a clinical psychologist at UCLA. He is considered to be one of the fathers of applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy for autism through hi...
Ole Ivar Løvaas Ph.D. (8 May 1927 – 2 August 2010) was a clinical psychologist at UCLA. He is considered to be one of the fathers of applied behavior analysis (ABA) therapy for autism through hi...
Peter Szatmari
Peter Szatmari (born 1950) is a Canadian researcher of Autism and Asperger syndrome.
Peter Szatmari (born 1950) is a Canadian researcher of Autism and Asperger syndrome.
Phoebe Caldwell
Phoebe Caldwell is an expert practitioner in Intensive Interaction working mainly with children and adults on the Autistic Spectrum and has over 30 years experience as a practitioner with people...
Phoebe Caldwell is an expert practitioner in Intensive Interaction working mainly with children and adults on the Autistic Spectrum and has over 30 years experience as a practitioner with people...
Richard Lathe
Richard Lathe is a molecular biologist and a former professor at the University of Strasbourg and Edinburgh University, where he worked for the Centre for Genome Research and the Centre for Neur...
Richard Lathe is a molecular biologist and a former professor at the University of Strasbourg and Edinburgh University, where he worked for the Centre for Genome Research and the Centre for Neur...
Rosemary Waring
Rosemary Waring, a reader in human toxicology at the School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, was the first researcher to produce scientific evidence suggestive of abnormal sulfur metabo...
Rosemary Waring, a reader in human toxicology at the School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, was the first researcher to produce scientific evidence suggestive of abnormal sulfur metabo...
Roy Richard Grinker
Roy Richard Grinker (born 1961) is an author and Professor of Anthropology, International Affairs, and Human Sciences at The George Washington University.
Roy Richard Grinker (born 1961) is an author and Professor of Anthropology, International Affairs, and Human Sciences at The George Washington University.
Simon Baron-Cohen
Simon Baron-Cohen FBA (born 15 August 1958) is professor of Developmental Psychopathology in the Departments of Psychiatry and Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge in the Unite...
Simon Baron-Cohen FBA (born 15 August 1958) is professor of Developmental Psychopathology in the Departments of Psychiatry and Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge in the Unite...
Theo Peeters
Theo Peeters (born 11 March 1943) is a Belgian neurolinguist who specialises in autism spectrum disorders.
Theo Peeters (born 11 March 1943) is a Belgian neurolinguist who specialises in autism spectrum disorders.
Thomas Burbacher
Thomas Burbacher, PhD, is professor of environmental and occupational health sciences and the director of the Infant Primate Research Laboratory at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Thomas Burbacher, PhD, is professor of environmental and occupational health sciences and the director of the Infant Primate Research Laboratory at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Tony Attwood
Tony Attwood (born 9 February 1952, Birmingham, England) is an English psychologist who lives in Queensland, Australia and is an author of several books on Asperger's Syndrome.
Tony Attwood (born 9 February 1952, Birmingham, England) is an English psychologist who lives in Queensland, Australia and is an author of several books on Asperger's Syndrome.
Uta Frith
Uta Frith FRS FBA is a leading developmental psychologist working at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London.
Uta Frith FRS FBA is a leading developmental psychologist working at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London.
Vilayanur S. Ramachandran
Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran (born 1951) is a neuroscientist known for his work in the fields of behavioral neurology and visual psychophysics.
Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran (born 1951) is a neuroscientist known for his work in the fields of behavioral neurology and visual psychophysics.