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Dr. Wenn Lawson (PhD), AFBPsS. MAPs

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Dr. Wenn is passionate about autism, mental health, all things LGBTQIA+ and building autism understanding across the generations, professions and the world. He is a well know author, speaker and poet. Wenn is an Adjunct Associate Professor with Curtin University, WA, and member of CARG (Curtin University’s Autism Research Group). He has published as a Senior Researcher with Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Curtin University WA and The University of Queensland,
Australia. Wenn’s focus has been to highlight the need for co-production in a variety of neurodivergent research, to contribute to the call of the autistic voice: ‘it must be nothing about me without me’ and to highlight the needs of those who are late in coming to a recognition of their autism as well as the reality that adaptive morphing (masking) has had on mental health.

Wenn is a key theorist of the Monotropism theory of Autism. Wenn resides on a number of boards, including the editorial board for ‘Autism in Adulthood’, the Autism Research Institute (ARI) (US), and The American Autism Association. As well as being a well-known author, Wenn is a family man with a love for birds.

In 2013 Wenn was recognised for his work in Autism and Advocacy across Australia; In 2021 Wenn was awarded the Lesley Hall prize for Lifetime Achievement as a leader in disability; In 2023 Wenn was awarded the EdX 2023 award for excellence in online teaching (Autism and mental health MOOC); the translation of autism research into practice ‘Autism CRC 2023 award’ and the Lawrence P. Kaplan US Autism award.