Catherine Lord (psychologist)

Catherine Lord (born 1950)[1] is an American psychologist and researcher. She currently serves as a member of the International Advisory Board for The Lancet Psychiatry,[2] as co-chair of the Scientific Research Council of the Child Mind Institute,[3] and as the George Tarjan Distinguished Professor of Psychiatry and Education at the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA.[4]

Lord is credited for co-developing the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) and the Autism Diagnostic Interview-Revised (ADI-R),[1] which are together considered the "gold standard" tools for diagnosing autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

Lord is also known for leading one of the largest and longest-running longitudinal studies of autism and related developmental conditions in modern research. Started in 1990, her longitudinal study of autism has followed a community sample of over 200 individuals, initially referred to community clinics for early autism evaluations as young children, and their families, for nearly 30 years.[5][6] She has authored hundreds of peer-reviewed journal articles and more than 10 books about autism through this study and others.[7]

  1. ^ a b Raphael A. Bernier; Jennifer Gerdts (2010). Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. p. 160. ISBN 978-1-59884-334-7.
  2. ^ https://www.thelancet.com/lancet/international-advisory-board
  3. ^ "Catherine Lord, PhD".
  4. ^ https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)02433-8/fulltext
  5. ^ Lord, C.; McCauley, J. B.; Pepa, L. A.; Huerta, M.; Pickles, A. (2020). "Work, living, and the pursuit of happiness: Vocational and psychosocial outcomes for young adults with autism". Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice. 24 (7): 1691–1703. doi:10.1177/1362361320919246. PMC 7541415. PMID 32431163.
  6. ^ Elias, Rebecca; Lord, Catherine (2022). "Diagnostic stability in individuals with autism spectrum disorder: Insights from a longitudinal follow-up study". Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 63 (9): 973–983. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13551. PMC 9502651. PMID 34890046.
  7. ^ "Autism Center at University of Michigan to close as world-renowned founder resigns".