Portrait of Petrus de Vries

Petrus de Vries

Founding director
Centre for Autism Research in Africa, University of Cape Town

Petrus J. de Vries is founding director of the Centre for Autism Research in Africa (CARA) at the University of Cape Town in South Africa, and president of the International Society for Autism Research from May 2023 to May 2025.

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What kind of autism research should we do, and where should we do it?

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3 May 2023 | 6 min read
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How to offer support for young autistic children in South Africa

By Lauren Franz, Petrus de Vries
22 January 2019 | 6 min read

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