The US Autism Association has always been able to bring in the world’s top experts because we firmly believe that to understand autism, we must draw from the expertise of those who are diagnosed. For this reason, the US Autism Association draws heavily from its Advisory Board, a majority of whom are either parents of those diagnosed or diagnosed as on the autism spectrum themselves.View 90+ world-renowned speakers available with the Video Streaming Library Subscription, or take a look at all of the sessions available in the Video Streaming Library.
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Ron Sandison, MDiv
Ron Sandison works full time in the medical field and is a professor of theology at Destiny School of Ministry. He is an advisory board member of the Art of Autism and the Els Center of Excellence.
Joella Simmons, M.Ed.
As the Executive Director of Education at ACE, Erika Anderson is responsible for individual RPM sessions, curriculum planning, goal setting, and instructing parents and professionals.
Marlo Payne Thurman, Ph.D.
Holding doctoral level degrees in both School Psychology and Special Education, Dr. Marlo Payne Thurman currently sits on numerous advisory boards and is the President and Chairwoman of the US Autism Association.
Gil Tippy, Psy.D.
Gil Tippy, PsyD is a Clinical Psychologist with a developmental practice offering support to parents and professionals around the world. He is one of the founders of the Rebecca School in NYC, along with Stanley I. Greenspan and others.
Amy KD Tobik
Magazine publisher Amy KD Tobik, BA, is an award-winning editor with over 35 years of publishing experience.
Carol Weinman, Esq., C.A.S.
Carol Weinman is an attorney, autism expert, international speaker, mediator, author and parent.
Yasmine White
Yasmine White, MT-BC, is the CEO and Founder of Voices Together. She developed an innovative music therapy model that is a non-directive intervention for individuals who are neurodivergent and who have I/DD.
Richard O. Williams, Ph.D.
Richard O. Williams spent 25 years in the medical sciences in academia, doing research and teaching around the word. He is the author of 85 peer-reviewed research articles on the molecular genetics and microbiology of infectious diseases. His interest in the world of autism started with his daughter, who was adopted in 1979 from Thailand at the age of two.
Theresa Wrangham
Theresa became a parent advocate as a result of her youngest daughter's life-threatening asthma, as well as her oldest daughter's diagnosis of an Autism Spectrum Disorder. She views health holistically and brings an experienced parent's perspective on raising healthy children affected by asthma and ASD to her advocacy work.
Ron Zimmerman, Producer-Director
Ron Zimmerman is a lifelong journalist working for CBS, ABC, Fox and CNN. His live reporting has appeared on Good Morning America, World News Tonight, 20/20 and the BBC’s Horizon and Panorama.