About the Team Behind AAW

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Hari is an autistic researcher and AAC user with lived experience navigating a range of sensory, medical, and communication-related challenges. He is a National Science Foundation, PD Soros, and NISE Fellow, and has published widely on disability, policy, and lived experience.

He serves on the NIH Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee and multiple other boards shaping federal disability policy. Hari's journalism and advocacy have informed congressional discussions, legal briefs, and university curricula.

Juliette is an autistic researcher and passionate advocate for inclusive education and youth-led change. She has held research and policy roles with the U.S. Department of State, Department of Education, NASA, and Columbia University.

Juliette is Co-Chair of the Inclusive and Equitable Education Working Group within the UNESCO SDG4 Youth and Student Network and has spoken at high-level events including UNESCO’s International Day of Education and the UN's ECOSOC Youth Forum. She brings personal connection, academic expertise, and deep policy experience to this project as an autistic person herself.

Imene is a youth advocate and autism researcher focused on representation in the Global South. Her PhD examined the attitudes of Algerian teachers toward inclusive education and autism. She brings crucial insight on cultural diversity and systemic inequities facing autistic people in the Arab regions.
She has also been awarded the INSAR Cultural Diversity Internship, where she explored the experiences of mothers of autistic girls in Algeria.