Geraldine Dawson

Professor
Duke University

Geraldine Dawson is professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, and director of the Duke Center for Autism and Brain Development.

 

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Lessons for parents may change autism’s trajectory

By Geraldine Dawson
6 June 2017 | 8 min read

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