Petrus de Vries is founding director of the Centre for Autism Research in Africa (CARA) at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, and current president of the International Society for Autism Research.
Petrus de Vries
Founding director
Centre for Autism Research in Africa, University of Cape Town
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