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Lindsay Shea

Director, Policy and Analytics Center
A.J. Drexel Autism Institute

Lindsay Shea is director of the Policy and Analytics Center at the A.J. Drexel Autism Institute at Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is also interim leader of the institute’s Life Course Outcomes Research Program. She focuses on research that is conducted in partnership with and that directly impacts communities and policymakers.

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