Dorothy Lucci, M.Ed., C.A.G.S.

Dorothy Lucci, M.Ed., C.A.G.S.

Dorothy Lucci, M.Ed., CAGS, has over 30 years’ experience in the field of autism and is a national consultant specializing in program design and inclusion of individuals diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. She has conducted research at Boston University Medical Center and the University of Connecticut, been Director of the Autism Support Center, and worked as a school psychologist and general and special education teacher. Currently, she is Director of Aspire, a program at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston. She is a consultant to SymTrend and a member of the Board of Directors of the Asperger’s Association of New England. Her publications are in academic journals, the ASQ Quarterly, and a book chapter in The Exceptional Brain (Obler & Fein, Eds., Guilford Press, 1988). In 2007 she was nominated to Marquis Who’s Who in American Education. In 2010 she was a senior investigator at the Mind and Life Summer Research Institute: Education, studying Developmental Neuroscience and Contemplative Practices: Questions, Challenges and Opportunities.