Diane Adreon

Diane Adreon, M.A., has served as associate director of the University of Miami/Nova Southeastern University Center for Autism & Related Disabilities (UM-CARD) since 1993. Ms. Adreon has worked with individuals with autism spectrum disorders and their families for over 29 years. She received her Master of Arts degree from Teacher's College, Columbia University (1982) where she majored in special education and applied behavior analysis. Prior to working in Florida, Ms. Adreon served as program coordinator and later training coordinator at the Judevine Center for Autism in St. Louis, MO.

Ms. Adreon has presented and consulted nationally and internationally on high-functioning autism and Asperger Syndrome and has co-authored two books on autism spectrum disorders, Practical Strategies that Work! Helpful Hints for all Educators of Students with High-functioning Autism, Asperger Syndrome and Related Disabilities (2006) (with Myles & Gitlitz), and Asperger Syndrome and Adolescence: Practical Solutions for School Success (2001)(with Myles). In 2002 she received the Autism Society of America's Literary Achievement Award (with Myles). Ms. Adreon was an invited guest editor of a special issue on assessment of children and youth with autism spectrum disorders of the journal Assessment for Effective Intervention. In addition, Ms. Adreon is the editor of the Florida Asperger Syndrome Times (FASTimes) and has authored several articles on high-functioning autism and Asperger Syndrome. She serves on the editorial board of Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities and is a consulting editor for Intervention in School and Clinic.