Presented by Wenn Lawson, Ph.D.
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Published: 01/04/2019
Psychologist, lecturer and author, Wenn Lawson, Ph.D. has run his own business for 22 yrs. At 2 yrs, he was misdiagnosed as intellectually disabled, at school of being incapable of doing as he was told, at 17 yrs misdiagnosed with schizophrenia; in and out of Mental Health Institutions; eventually age 42yrs, diagnosed with an autism spectrum condition (ASC), ADHD, dyspraxia and learning difficulties. Dr. Lawson is currently a Teaching Fellow with Birmingham University’s online Masters autism course. He resides on the Autism Open Access board and the board for SEAL(Community College in Warrnambool, Australia), & the ICAN board, South West (Australia). He is participant and advisor for Autism CRC, Australia and he has written numerous books (and papers) on ASC.
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