Our mission is to secure the safety, livelihood and success of the global autistic community

To achieve our mission, our goals are to educate, destigmatize, advance technologies, and provide strategic policy direction to develop a universal standard of care for those within the autism community

Meet the Team

Julie Casady

Senior Consultant & Lead Speech and Language Pathologist

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Heidi Kershaw

Founder and CEO

Dr. Casey Clay

Dr. Virginia Smith Thomas

Chief Operating Officer

Jarrod Scalzo

Senior Science Advisor

Senior Consultant

Steering Committee

Hungary

Zsuzsa Matolcsi
Founder of Ginkó Ház 

Iraq

Shaimaa al Hashimi 
Founder of Autism Day Center

Ivory Coast

Samira Diebkile

Ukraine

Olesia Korzhenevska
Founder of 9 ¾ School 

Ukraine

Alexander Kiian
Founder of Brain Stimulation Center