This policy brief and project would not be possible without the efforts of an international team including researchers, policymakers, practitioners, justice professionals, autistic self-advocates, and parents of autistic individuals. A list of these individuals and their respective institutions/organizations can be found below, organized by country. Thank you to all of our partners in this work.

Australia:

• Abbey Love, PhD,  Aspect Research Centre for Autism Practice, Autism Spectrum Australia
• Vicki Gibbs, Aspect Research Centre for Autism Practice, Autism Spectrum Australia  

Canada:

• Yona Lunsky, PhD, CAMH  

Ethiopia:

• Dagnachew Wakene, MPhil, University of Pretoria  

Ireland:

• Áine Roddy, PhD  

Norway:

• Svein Øverland, St. Olavs Hospital  

Russia:

• Sasha Heydiz, Autism Challenge Center  

South Africa:

• Dianah Msipa, LLM, University of Pretoria
• Juan Bornman, PhD, Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication, University of Pretoria  

Sweden:

• Björn Hofvander, PhD, Lund University  

United Kingdom:

• Chloe Holloway, PhD, University of Nottingham
• Katie Maras, PhD, Centre for Applied Autism Research at the University of Bath
• Laura Crane, PhD, University College London
• Ralph Bagnall, MRes, University of Bath  

United States of America:

• Amy Blank Wilson, PhD, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina
• Aubyn Stahmer, PhD, University of California, Davis, California
• Catherine Cheely Bradley, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina
• Connie Hassett-Walker, PhD, Norwich University, Vermont
• Dave Kearon, Autism Speaks, New York
• David Mandell, ScD, University of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
• Dennis O’Brien, Community Behavioral Health, Pennsylvania
• Derek S. Green, JD, Philadelphia City Councilmember-At-Large, Pennsylvania
• Emily Zimmerman, JD, Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law, Pennsylvania
• Frank Iannuzzi, JD, Office of Philadelphia City Councilmember-At-Large Derek S. Green, Pennsylvania
• Icylee Basketbill, Philadelphia Autism Project, Pennsylvania
• Kate Hooven, MS, Autism Services, Education, Resources and Training (ASERT) Collaborative, Pennsylvania
• Katy Kaplan, PhD, Community Behavioral Health, Pennsylvania
• Kelly Israel, JD, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Washington, D.C.
• Kevin Dougherty, JD, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania
• Khylil Robinson, ASDNext, Pennsylvania
• Kirsten Railey, PhD, Emory University School of Medicine and Police Autism Community Training (PACT) Organization, Georgia
• Lauren Gardner, PhD, Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, Florida
• Mark Salzer, PhD, Temple University Collaborative on Community Inclusion, Pennsylvania
• Mary Cohen, PhD, Autism Spectrum Diagnostics & Consulting, Pennsylvania
• Matthew Lerner, PhD, Stony Brook University, New York
• Melanie Clark Mogavero, PhD, Georgian Court University, New Jersey
• Michael Gamel-McCormick, PhD, Office of U.S. Senator
• Robert P. Casey, Pennsylvania/Washington, D.C.
• Michele Abraham-Montgomery, Spectrum Success 911, Pennsylvania
• Nina Wall, MSS, Pennsylvania Bureau of Supports for Autism & Special Populations, Pennsylvania
• Robert Schmus, MSW, Youth Consultation Service, New Jersey
• Roslyn Talley, Philadelphia Police Department, Pennsylvania
• Sam Crane, JD, Autistic Self Advocacy Network, Washington, D.C.
• Shane Carey, Chambers of Justice Kevin M. Dougherty, Pennsylvania
• Stacy Nonnemacher, PhD, Pennsylvania Bureau of Supports for Autism & Special Populations, Pennsylvania
• Stephen Shore, EdD, Adelphi University, New York
• Teal Benevides, PhD, Augusta University, Georgia
• Valarie Oulds, JD, Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services, Pennsylvania
• Valerie Paradiz, PhD, Autism Speaks, New York