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Read More Co-Founder and President / Board Member Alison Singer As the mother of a 26-year-old daughter with autism and legal guardian of her older brother with autism, Alison is... Read More Interim President Jonah Zimiles Jonah founded [words] bookstore in 2009 and has incorporated people with autism into its mission from the very start. To... Read More describes it from a functional perspective Scientific Advisory Board Meet Our Scientific Advisory Board This is the default image Scientific Advisory Board Chair James C. McPartland, Ph.D Dr. McPartland is Professor of Child Psychiatry and Psychology at the Yale Child Study Center. He is a licensed child... Read More This is the default image Scientific Advisory Board Member Brian Boyd, Ph.D. Brian Boyd is a William C. Friday Professor in Education in the School of Education at the University of North... Read More This is the default image Scientific Advisory Board Member Joseph D. 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