Patricia S Lemer

Patricia S. Lemer is a licensed professional counselor, holding a Master of Education in counseling and learning disabilities from Boston College and a master's degree in business from Johns Hopkins University. She practiced as an educational diagnostician for over forty years. She was a cofounder and served as executive director of the international nonprofit organization Developmental Delay Resources. Lemer writes continually for her blog After the Diagnosis, Then What? about combining a...See more

Patricia S. Lemer is a licensed professional counselor, holding a Master of Education in counseling and learning disabilities from Boston College and a master's degree in business from Johns Hopkins University. She practiced as an educational diagnostician for over forty years. She was a cofounder and served as executive director of the international nonprofit organization Developmental Delay Resources. Lemer writes continually for her blog After the Diagnosis, Then What? about combining a biomedical approach to autism with sensory and movement-based therapies. She is the editor of EnVISIONing a Bright Future: Interventions that Work for Children and Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders, and the author of Outsmarting Autism: The Ultimate Guide to Management, Healing, and Prevention. The latter won First Prize from The Authors' Zone in 2015. From 2012-2014, Lemer consulted in Kuwait to establish a center for young adults with autism. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is both a mother and grandmother. See less