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Authors

The AAIDD Definition Manual is written by the following 18 members who belong to the Terminology and Classification Committee of the Association:

Robert L. Schalock, PhD, Chair
Professor Emeritus and former Chair
Department of Psychology
Hastings College, Nebraska

Sharon A. Borthwick-Duffy, PhD
Professor
Graduate School of Education
University of California, Riverside   

Valerie J. Bradley, MA
President
Human Services Research Institute
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Wil H.E. Buntinx, PhD
Professor
Maastricht University
The Netherlands

David L. Coulter, MD.
Department of Neurology
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Ellis M. (Pat) Craig, PhD
Psychologist
Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Austin, Texas

Sharon C. Gomez, FAAIDD
Evergreen Presbyterian Ministries, Inc.
Lake Charles, Louisiana

Yves Lachapelle, PhD
University of Quebec at Trois-Rivières
Department of Psychoeducation
Quebec, Canada

Ruth Luckasson, JD
Distinguished Professor/Regents' Professor and Professor of Special Education
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Alya Reeve, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Karrie A. Shogren, PhD
Assistant Professor of Special Education
The University of Illinois
Champaign, Illinois

Martha E. Snell, PhD
Professor of Special Education
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia

Scott Spreat, EdD
Woods Services Incorporated
Langhorne, Pennsylvania

Marc J. Tassé, PhD
Director, Nisonger Center
Professor, Department of Psychology
The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio

James R. Thompson, PhD
Professor
Department of Special Education
Illinois State University
Normal, Illinois

Miguel A. Verdugo-Alonso, PhD
Professor
Universidad de Salamanca, Psicología
Instituto de Integración en la Comunidad
Salamanca, Spain

Michael L. Wehmeyer, PhD
Department of Special Education
Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities
University of Kansas
Lawrence, Kansas

Mark H. Yeager, PhD
Executive Director, TEAAM
Clinical Director, The Yeager Group
Mize, Mississippi