International LACA network
LACA (Language Abilities in Children with Autism) is a network funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), and led by Prof. Jeannette Schaeffer from the University of Amsterdam. The network contains twelve European research labs investigating the nature and the development of language (in)abilities in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder across languages.
Radhia Metouri, Radhia Guetran & Imen Matouk
Radia Metouri is Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Social Sciences in the psychology department of University of Alger II. Radhia Guetran et Imen Matouk are PhD students in the department of Orthophony of University of Alger II. They are collaborating on a project aiming at investigating bilingualism in Autism, associating data from Belgium and Algeria.
Napoleon Katsos
Napoleon Katsos is Senior Lecturer at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, University of Cambridge. A leading scholar in experimental pragmatics, he also works on bilingualism in typical and atypical development.
Ira Noveck
Ira Noveck is Director of Research at the CNRS/ Institut des Sciences Cognitives de Lyon. He is one of the founders of the field of experimental pragmatics, and has developed an interest in pragmatics in Autism.
Hela Slama & Naoufel Gaddour
Hela Slama and Naoufel Gaddour are child psychiatrists specialized in Autism. They are collaborating on a first project to study the impact of sleep disturbances on language acquisition in Autism and on a second project to investigate the role of cartoons in classical Arabic learning in Autism.
Jessica de Villiers
Jessica de Villiers is Associate Professor at University of British Columbia. She is a top expert in the field of clinical discourse analysis, with a focus on Autism.