Dr Wenn Lawson was born in England in 1952. He emigrated along with his family to Australia in 1984 and now lives fulltime in Australia. Dr. Wenn is an autistic lecturer, British psychologist, researcher, advocate, writer and poet who has passionately shared professional and personal knowledge of autism over the past 3 decades. He has written/contributed to over 30 books and many papers. Wenn is an Adjunct, A/Prof. and Senior researcher with Curtin University in Western Australia. He is a member of the autism Co-operative Research Centre (ACRC) Qld., the Autism in Adulthood Editorial Board, the Advisory Board for the US Autism Association and is on the Board of Directors for the Autism Research Institute (ARI), US. Wenn is a family man with neuro-divergent offspring and grandchildren.  He is a theorist on the monotropism account of autism. Wenn has a passion for science fiction books, Science Fiction films and television, as well as for birds and animals.