Stephen M. Edelson

Stephen M. Edelson
Alma materUniversity of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
AwardsAutism Society of America's 2000 Volunteer of the Year Award
Scientific career
FieldsPsychology
InstitutionsAutism Society of America, Pitzer College
ThesisDevelopmental shifts in stimulus processing (1985)
Doctoral advisorDouglas Medin

Stephen Michael Edelson is an American autism researcher who has been the director of the Autism Research Institute since 2006.[1]

Biography

Edelson received his master's degree and Ph.D. in experimental psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. His doctoral advisor there was Douglas Medin. He subsequently joined the faculty of Pitzer College as an assistant professor of psychology.[1] At Pitzer, he helped design the computer program "Miss Stim" to facilitate the education of children with communication disabilities.[2] Before becoming director of the Autism Research Institute, he was the director of the Center for the Study of Autism in Salem, Oregon.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Stephen Edelson Biography". Autism Research Institute. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  2. ^ "Meet Miss Stim: Half-A-Million and Worth Every Penny" (PDF). Participant. Pitzer College. Summer 1987. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Treating physical illness helps autism". The Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. 13 June 2004. Retrieved 27 June 2017.