January 24-25, 2023
Virtual Workshop
Participant List
Chairs
Judith Cooper, NIDCD Deputy Director
Connie Kasari, UCLA
Helen Tager-Flusberg, Boston University
Speakers and Discussants
Leonard Abbeduto
University of California, Davis
Daniel Almirall
University of Michigan
Vanessa H. Bal
Rutgers University
Matthew Belmonte
The Com DEALL Trust
Grant Blasko
CommunicationFIRST Advisory Council
Nancy Brady
University of Kansas
Stephen Camarata
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Karen Chenausky
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Melanie Fried-Oken
Oregon Health & Science University
J. Birdie Ganz
Texas A&M University
Jasmine Urquhart Gillis
S and L Therapy
Vikram Jaswal
University of Virginia
Connie Kasari (co-chair)
UCLA
Jennifer Kent-Walsh
University of Central Florida
Eliane Lazar-Wesley
NIDCD/NIH
Janice Light
Pennsylvania State University
Denise Lombardi and RJ
Parent; typer
Cathy Lord
UCLA
Amy Lutz
University of Pennsylvania
David McNaughton
Pennsylvania State University
John Robison
Self-advocate
Lawrence Scahill
Emory University
Howard Shane
Boston Children’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School/MGH Institute of Health Professions
Frederick Shic
University of Washington/Seattle Children’s Research Institute
Stephen Shore
Adelphi University
Alison Singer
Autism Science Foundation
Helen Tager-Flusberg (co-chair)
Boston University
Kathy Thiemann-Bourque
University of Kansas
Sarah E. Wallace
University of Pittsburgh
Zachary Williams
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine/Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Jordyn Zimmerman
The Nora Project & Chair, CommunicationFIRST
Additional Participants
Cathy Binger
University of New Mexico
Amanda Brignell
Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Charlotte de Stefano
University of Southern California
Aimee Dietz
Georgia State University
Caitlin Hudac
University of South Carolina
Kristy Johnson
Harvard University
Lynn Koegel
Stanford University
Courtney Norbury
University College London
MaryAnn Romski
Georgia State University
Stephanie Shire
University of Oregon
Audrey Thurm
National Institutes of Health
Giocomo Vivanti
Drexel University
Krista Wilkinson
Pennsylvania State University