Patricia S. Lemer

Patricia S. Lemer is a licensed professional counselor, holding a Master of Education in counseling and learning disabilities from Boston College and a master's degree in business from Johns Hopkins University. She practiced as an educational diagnostician for over forty years. She was a cofounder and served as executive director of the international nonprofit organization Developmental Delay Resources. Lemer writes continually for her blog After the Diagnosis, Then What? about combining a biomedical approach to autism with sensory and movement-based therapies. She is the editor of EnVISIONing a Bright Future: Interventions that Work for Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders, and the author of Outsmarting Autism: The Ultimate Guide to Management, Healing, and Prevention. The latter won First Prize from The Authors' Zone in 2015. From 2012-2014, Lemer consulted in Kuwait to establish a center for young adults with autism. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is both a mother and grandmother.