Portia Iversen, an Emmy-winning art director, has been a vigorous proponent of autism research since her son Dov was diagnosed in 1994. Together with her husband, Jon Shestack, she established the Cure Autism Now Foundation, one of the largest nongovernmental funding resources for autism research worldwide. She lives in Los Angeles with her family.
She is the author of Strange Son: Two Mothers, Two Sons, and the Quest to Unlock the Hidden World of Autism. Published by Riverhead Books. January 2007;$24.95US/$31.00CAN; 978-1-57322-311-9.
