Administrative Team
Communication and Outreach Committee: The communication and outreach committee is responsible for maintaining and updating the SIG website, disseminating information via the SIG Bluesky Account, @ABCTautism.bsky.social, developing the biannual SIG newsletter, supporting communications regarding relevant events.
Awards Committee: The awards committee puts out a call each year for several awards, which are presented at the ABCT conference in November. The committee is most active in the 2 months prior to the conference in developing evaluation criteria, reviewing the applications, and selecting the awardees.
Conference Planning Committee: The conference planning committee is responsible for planning the SIG pre-conference meeting and SIG business meeting at ABCT, including inviting speakers, planning the pre-conference meeting, and reviewing SIG poster submissions.
Seminar Series Planning Committee: The seminar series planning committee organizes and hosts panels, webinars, and other virtual events designed to spark dialogue, share expertise, and connect professionals across disciplines. Through carefully curated programming, the committee brings together leading voices and diverse perspectives to explore timely topics, foster collaboration, and create accessible opportunities for learning and engagement.
Trainee Development Committee: The trainee development committee is dedicated to supporting students, postdoctoral fellows, and early-career professionals in the autism field. The committee creates opportunities for mentorship, skill-building, and networking to foster the next generation of clinicians and researchers. Through workshops, resources, and community-building initiatives, the committee helps trainees strengthen their professional development, broaden their career pathways, and build connections across the autism research and clinical community.
Diversity Committee: The SIG created the diversity committee with the intention of making our SIG’s actions align better with our DEI mission. Each SIG committee includes diversity liaisons to provide their unique support and insight while serving as an ambassador for marginalized voices.
Advocacy Committee: The newly formed Advocacy Committee aims to drive systemic change within professional organizations and clinical practice, while prioritizing autonomy, de-pathologization, and emphasizing lived expertise. Our work spans high-level policy reform to community-level initiatives, including protecting at-risk data and developing guidance on privacy rights. We operate as a collaborative hub, leading major projects while assisting SIG members in their own advocacy efforts. We invite members to contribute new ideas and engage at any level, through our private listserv and conversations around policy making to collectively dismantle barriers to equity and safety.
