Who we are - Special needs covid

• Prof. Michael Alessandri, University of Miami Center for Autism & Related Disabilities, Miami, USA
• Dr Faisal Al Nemary, Autism Center of Excellence, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Jamal Amani Rad, PhD, Assistant Professor, Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, Tehran 19839, Iran.
• Prof. Pamela Banta Lavenex, UniDistance, Naters, Suisse
• Nikita Bolshakov, International Laboratory for Social Integration Research, NRU HSE, Russia
• Prof. Sven Bölte, Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centrum för Psykiatriforskning; Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa, Karolinska Institutet & Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri, Stockholm Läns Sjukvårdsområde, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden; Curtin Autism Research Group, School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
• Paulina Buffle, Researcher, Laboratory of Sensory-motor, Affective and Social Development (SMAS), University of Geneva, Switzerland
• Dr. Ru Ying Cai, Ph.D., Aspect Research Centre for Autism Practice, Australia
• Prof. Ruth Campos, Ph.D., Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, España
• Prof. Pastora Martínez Castilla, Facultad de Psicología, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, España
• Prof. Adela Chirita, University of Medicine and Pharmacy "Victor Babes", Timisoara, Romania
• Panayiota Christodoulidou, UCL Institute of Education, United Kingdom.
• Dr. Andreia P. Costa, Institute of Health and Behaviour, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.
• Dr. Floriana Costanzo, Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, Rome, Italy
• Prof. Vincent Des Portes, Service de Neurologie pédiatrique & CRMR « Déficiences Intellectuelles de causes rares », Hôpital FME, CHU de Lyon HCL - GH Est, Bron, France - Coordinator Filière de Santé DéfiScience.
• Dr. Daniel Dukes, University of Fribourg & University of Geneva
• Dr. Nawelle Famelart, Ph.D, CLLE Laboratory (UMR CNRS 5263), University of Toulouse, Toulouse, France
• Dr. Marisa Fischer, Ph.D., Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology and Special Education, Michigan State University, MI, USA
• Liudmilla Gamaiunova, MSc. University of Lausanne, Switzerland
• Katerina Giannadou, Sheffield University, UK
• Prof. Rashmi Gupta, Cognitive and Behavioural Neuroscience Lab, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
• Dr. Mary T. Hanley, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Durham University, UK
• Prof. Antonio Hardan, M.D., Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development, Stanford University, CA, USA
• Prof. Amy van Hecke, Psychology Department, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
• Françoise Houdayer, Centre de Référence Anomalies du Développement, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Bron, France; Université de Paris, Laboratoire PCPP, F-92100 Boulogne-Billancourt, France
• Lenka Hrncirova, Masarykova univerzita, Brno, Česká republika
• Anne Hugon, - European Reference Network (ERN) ITHACA, - Departement of Genetics & RCRD for developmental anomalies and intellectual disability - CLAD Ile-de-France, AP-HP.Nord - University of Paris - Robert Debré Hospital (RDB), France
• Dr. Bonnie Klein-Tasman, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI, USA
• Panagiota Kovani, Psychologist, MSc., Athens Greece
• Prof. Pierre Lavenex, Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Development, Institut de Psychologie, Université de Lausanne, Suisse
• Dr. Robin Libove, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences - Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Child Development, Stanford University, CA, USA.
• Dr. Supriya Malik, Developmental Psychologist, Programme Director, London Learning Centre, New Delhi, India
• Prof. Francesca Mari, Policlinico "S. Maria alle Scotte", Siena, Italia
• Deny Menghini, Bambino Gesù Children Hospital, Rome, Italy
• Dr. Ben Meulemann, Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland
• Zuber Mohammed, Lifestamp, Al Ulaya Ar Riyadh, 12333, Saudi Arabia
• Dr. Heather Nuske, Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, PA, USA
• Prof. Laurence Olivier-Faivre, Centre de Génétique Hôpital d’Enfants & CRMR « Anomalies du développement–CLAD Est », Translad, CHU Dijon, France - Coordinator Filière de Santé AnDDi-Rares.
• Dr. Olympia Palikara, Ph.D., Centre for Education Studies, University of Warwick, UK
• Athina Papageorgiou, Psychologist, MSc. Trainee CBT & ACT Psychotherapist, IBRT, Athens, Greece.
• Robin Pegg, MEd, COTA/L, ATP; Education Consultant for Williams Syndrome Association, USA
• Prof. Luise Poustka, Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie- und Psychotherapie, Universitätsmedizin Göttingen, Deutschland
• Prof. Dr. phil. Ingolf Prosetzky, Fakultät Sozialwissenschaften, Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz, Deutschland
• Prof. Alessandra Renieri M.D., Ph.D., Full Professor of Medical Genetics, University of Siena, Director of Medical Genetics Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Senese, Siena, Italy
• Hamid Reza Pouretemad, PhD, Professor of Clinical Neuropsychology, Founder & Head of the Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, Tehran 19839, Iran.
• Dr. Sinead Rhodes, Senior Research Fellow, Child Life and Health / Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK
• Prof. Deborah Riby, Ph.D., Department of Psychology, Durham University, UK
• Dr. Massimiliano Rossi, Service de génétique, Centre de Référence Anomalies du Développement, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Bron, France ; INSERM U1028, CNRS UMR5292, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon, GENDEV Team, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Bron, France
• Saeid Sadeghi, Ph.D., Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Evin, Tehran 19839, Iran.
• Prof. Myriam Squillaci, Département de pédagogie spécialisée, Université de Fribourg, Suisse
• Prof. Xueyun Su, Ph.D., Department of Early Childhood Education, East China Normal University, China
• Hungtzu (Claire) Tai, MS. Ed., Human Development & Quantitative Methods Devision, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, PA, USA
• Prof. Dr. Roberto Tadeu Iaochite, Departamento de Educação, campus de Rio Claro, Universidade Estadual Paulista "Júlio de Mesquita Filho" – UNESP, IB, Brazil
• Dr. Fionnuala Tynan, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, IRE
• Dr. Mirko Uljarević, Ph.D., Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Prof. Amy van Hecke, Psychology Department, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, USA
• Prof. Guida Veiga, PhD, Assistant Professor, Sports and Health Department, School of Sciences and Technology, CHRC–UE - Comprehensive Health Research Center, University of Évora, Portugal
• Prof. Alain Verloes, - Département de Génétique & CRMR « Anomalies du développement – CLAD Ile-de-France », Hôpital Robert Debré, Paris, France. Coordinator ERN ITHACA.
• Prof. Stefano Vicari, Professor of Child Neuropsychiatry, Catholic University, Rome, Italy; Head Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Unit, Department of Neuroscience, Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital, Rome, Italy
• Dr. Sonja Werneck-Rohrer, Medizinische Universität Wien, Univ.-Klinik für Kinder und Jugendpsychiatrie, Wien, Österreich
• Dr. Eric Zander, Center of Neurodevelopmental Disorders (KIND), Centrum för Psykiatriforskning; Institutionen för kvinnors och barns hälsa, Karolinska Institutet & Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri, Stockholm Läns Sjukvårdsområde, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sverige; CEREB, Helsingborg, Sverige

• Arabic: Zuber Mohammed, Faisal Al Nemary
• Chinese: Xueyun Su, Hungtzu (Claire) Tai
• Czech: Lenka Hrncirova
• Dutch: Paulien Eijkeler, Jo van Herwegen
• French: Anouk Papon, Noémie Treichel
• German: Lina Stallmann, Ingolf Prosetzsky
• Greek: Angeliki Tampaki, Athina Papageorgiou, Panagiota Kovani, Evangelia Sarvani, Danai Orlandatou, Pinelopi Xoundri, Sofia Arvaniti
• Italian: Giona di Poi
• Persian: Saied Sadeghi
• Portuguese (Portugal): Guida Veiga
• Portuguese (Brazil): Roberto Tadeu Iaochite
• Romanian: Adela Chirita, Alexandra Zaharia
• Russian: Liudmila Gamaiunova
• Spanish: Ruth Campos, Pastora Martínez Castilla
• Swedish: Sven Bölte, Eric Zander

A special thank you to the chEERS Lab members for translating the questionnaire into multiple languages, recruiting participants, and setting up the website: Anouk Papon, Giona di Poi, Noémie Treichel, Lina Stallmann, Michel Tran, and Alexandra Zaharia. Thank you also to Dr. Daniel Dukes who coordinated the project during the first year as Co-PI.