AAHR Clinical Course Contributors
We are grateful to the many contributors to Adult Autism Health Resources from our Clinical Course Contributors. They represent a cross section of the autism community and include members of our Clinical Advisory Board (CAB), experts in insurance and patient support, advocates and caregivers. Their work on Clinical Care for Autistic Adults has been instrumental in outlining best practices for autism-competent care, sharing practical tools and patient-centered approaches that allow medical professionals to deliver quality care to the autistic patients they serve. We've drawn on that wisdom in the development of this site and thank them for sharing their expertise.
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Clinical Care for Autistic Adults Course Contributors
Christopher McDougle, MD , CAB Chair
Director, Lurie Center for Autism
Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
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Timothy Buie, MD
Pediatric Gastroenterologist, Children’s Hospital Boston
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
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Terri Farrell, MBA
Project Director, Insurance Resource Center for Autism and Behavioral Health at UMass Chan Medical School’s Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center
Parent of an autistic adult
Beth Malow, MD, MS
Director, Sleep Disorders Division Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Burry Chair of Cognitive Childhood Development and Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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Lisa Nowinski, PhD
Clinical Director of Non-Physician Services, Lurie Center for Autism
Instructor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
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Julie O’Brien, MEd, LMHC
Family Support Clinician, MGH Lurie Center for Autism
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Anne Plante, MD
Medical Director of Resident Gynecology Practice, Massachusetts General Hospital
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology, Harvard Medical School
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Robyn Thom, MD
Psychiatrist, Lurie Center for Autism Co-Director, MGH Williams Syndrome Program
Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
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Karen Turner, MS, OTR/L
Patient Navigator for Autism and Developmental Disorders, Massachusetts General Hospital
More about Ms. Turner
Nicole Simon, EdM, LABA, BCBA
Senior Behavioral Consultant, MGH Lurie Center for Autism
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Maura Sullivan, MPA
Senior Director of Government Affairs and Health Policy, The Arc of Massachusetts
Director, Operation House Call
More about Ms. SullivanSpecial Thanks
AAHR extends special thanks to autistic individuals who shared their insights and experiences as part of the course:
Gyasi Burks-Abbott
Mr. Burks-Abbott is a writer, public speaker, and autistic self-advocate. Gyasi is on the faculty of the LEND (Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and related Disabilities) Program at Boston Children’s Hospital and UMass Boston’s Institute for Community Inclusion. He serves on the boards, committees, and commissions of many autism and disability organizations; and he’s written for several autism and disability-related publications. He recently published a book about his life called My Mother’s Apprentice: An Autistic’s Rites of Passage.
K.M. Baro
Ms. Baro is an aspiring researcher and autistic self-advocate.
Colleen McFarland
Ms. McFarland is an autistic self-advocate.
Clinical Care for Autistic Adults
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