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.