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Dr. Ole Ivar Lovaas

Saturday, January 26, 2013 @5:42:22 AM

Sometimes at the Autism Light blog we share about autism heroes who are no longer among us but who continue to have a story to tell. Today at Autism Light we honored the late Dr. Ole Ivar Lovaas (1927-2010).

Lovaas Institute: In 1995, Dr. Ole Ivar Lovaas founded the Lovaas Institute and they continue to carry on his work today with partners around the United States who utilize the Lovaas approach for autism.

Dr. Ole Ivar Lovaas was born in Lier, Norway on May 8, 1927. He was a clinical psychologist at UCLA who spent 40 years in autism research and pioneered a treatment for autism known today as the Lovaas treatment. Lovaas is also regarded as the Father of Applied Behavioral Analysis as it applied to people with autism.  He is well known for being one of the first clinicians who showed that some individuals with autism could receive help through evidence based treatments. Dr. Lovaas passed away on August 2, 2010, in Lancaster, California. Dr. Ole Ivar Lovaas is being named an Autism Light posthumously and added to the Autism Light Memorial Roll because of his contribution to the field of autism treatment.

To read more about Dr. Lovaas read the full article at http://autism-light.blogspot.com/2013/01/ole-ivar-lovaas.html.