Category: Interview Series

The Importance of Person-First Language: Dr. Rebecca Landa’s Perspective

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Dr. Rebecca Landa is a professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Johns Hopkins University and a highly influential autism researcher. She also founded the Center for Autism and Related Disorders at the Kennedy Krieger Institute in Baltimore, Maryland. Her research has focused mainly on the neuropsychological communication and language processes of autism throughout an …

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Understanding Autism Through Research – An Interview with Dr. Wendy Chung

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I recently had the wonderful opportunity to interview Dr. Wendy Chung, the director of clinical research at SPARK and a supervisor of education in human genetics at Columbia University Medical School as well as a Kennedy Family Professor of Pediatrics in Medicine. By managing the research study of autistic individuals, Dr. Chung evaluates opportunities to …

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