Susan Moreno, District 1 Ally

Susan J. Moreno, M.A., A.B.S.

In addition to being an Ally for District One for the Autism Society of Indiana, Susan Moreno has had an active career in the autism field for over 27 years. Here is a brief overview of her past work:

  Susan Moreno is the founder and president of Maap Services for Autism and Asperger Syndrome, and is the editor of The Maap, a quarterly newsletter for families of more advanced individuals within the autism spectrum of disorders. This publication has reached thouseands of families in the United States and 106 other countries. Mrs. Moreno is the author of “More Advanced Individuals with Autism, Asperger Syndrome and PDD/NOS”, a booklet which contains advice and information for parents and supportive professionals. She also authored a chapter in Mesibov and Schopler’s “High Funtioning Individuals with Autism” (Plenum, 1988) and has been published in Autism Spectrum Quarterly and the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities. She is currently working on a book for partners of people with Asperger Syndrome or any ASD. In her capacity as Director of Maap Services, she gives supportive information and advice to parents, teachers, healthcare professionals and others about all aspects of individuals with autism and Asperger syndrome. In addition to writing and editing, Mrs. Moreno is an autism consultant (Autism/Asperger Syndrome Consulting) and is internationally known as a lecturer and motivational speaker. She is on the advisory boards of Chapel Haven (Yale University), Autism Spectrum Quarterly and The College Internship Program.
  Mrs. Moreno graduated from Wittenberg University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, and attained a Master’s Degree in Applied Behavioral Science from Valparaiso University in Indiana. She has been trained in neuro-cognitive rehabilitation therapy and has worked in this capacity with traumatic head injury survivors. She and her husband, Marco are the proud parents of two young women, one of whom has autism.
  Mrs. Moreno has made many presentations for parents and professionals at various locations throughout the United States and was a keynote speaker at the Autism Society of America National Conference on Autism in 1991 and in 1999. In 1988, Mrs. Moreno was the first non-Ph.D. keynote presenter ever to speak at the TEACCH(University of North Carolina) annual international conference on autism. In 2006, Mrs. Moreno was given the Wendy F. Miller Parent of the Year award by the Autism Society of America and was named a Northwest Indiana Times Newspaper “Woman of Merit” that same year.