Peter Vermeulen

Peter Vermeulen, PhD, is an internationally respected lecturer/trainer in the field of autism and has written several books. In 2019, Peter received the Passwerk Lifetime Achievement Award for his more than 30 years of work in the autism field in Belgium. He trained as a counselor and educator, and has worked for many years with autistic children. At present, he is an Autism Consultant and Lecturer at Vlaamse Dienst Autisme, where he edits a bi-monthly magazine Autisme. He also works at the Department of Psychology and Pedagogical Sciences and the Department of Sociology at the University of Leuven. He has published extensively in the field of autism.