Master in Psychology and Pedagogical Sciences at the University of Leuven, Belgium (1985) and PhD in Social Sciences at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands (2002).
From 1987 till 1998 working for the Flemish Autism Association, first as home trainer for families with a child with autism, later as director of the home training centre and finally as trainer / lecturer. Since 1998 working as autism consultant / lecturer at Autisme Centraal.
Co-director of the Centre for Concrete Communication, an European training and education center for autism spectrum disorders. Editor of "Autisme Centraal", bi-monthly magazine of Autisme Centraal. Member of the editorial board of the Belgian-Dutch Journal of Special Education, Child Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology.
Published more than 25 books and several articles on autism, a.o. "This is the title: on autistic thinking” (2002), “I am Special: handbook for psycho-education” (2000) and “Autism as context blindness” (2010).
Missing the Point: Context Blindness
Date: Friday, November 5, 2010
Time: 10:30am - 12:00pm
Session: Session #20
Getting the Point: Impact of Context Blindness on Social Skills Development
Date: Friday, November 5, 2010
Time: 1:30pm – 3:00pm
Session: Session #23