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Elizabeth Benevides

Associate Director of Outreach

Hussman Institute for Autism
5521 Research Park Drive, First Floor
Catonsville, MD 21228
443-590-3164
ebenevides@hussmanautism.org

Elizabeth (Beth) Benevides leads the outreach efforts of the Hussman Institute for Autism. In her capacity as Associate Director for Autism Programs at the Hussman Foundation, and a longtime policy and educational advocate for individuals and families affected by autism and related developmental disabilities, Beth is highly connected to the disability community at a local and state level. She served as the longtime president of the Howard County Autism Society, an award-winning chapter of the Autism Society of America, and currently serves on several statewide workgroups devoted to programs, education, civil rights, and policy affecting those with autism. She is an advisory member of the Maryland Center for Developmental Disabilities at Kennedy Krieger Institute, one of a national network of University Centers for Excellence; an appointed member of the Maryland Department of Disabilities’ Ethan Saylor Alliance for Self-Advocates steering committee; and co-chair of the Commission for Transitioning Students with Disabilities in Howard County. Beth is a certified special education advocate and member of the Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates (COPAA). She brings her passion as a parent of a teenage son with autism to her work.

Beth holds a BA in English from the University of Maryland Baltimore County and formerly enjoyed a 20-year career in scholarly publishing.

  • “The soul must be loved as it is.”

    Jamie Burke
  • “Autism awareness can’t stop with a list of what makes people with autism different from us. Because what is essential is the constant awareness of what makes us the same.”

    John P. Hussman, Ph.D., Director
  • “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”

    The Little Prince

    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
  • “We agree with the view that presuming competence is the least dangerous assumption.”

    John P. Hussman, Ph.D., Director
  • “Autism is not disability.”

    Jamie Burke
  • “We are just like you, with the same desires, and just need help to be typical members of society.”

    Sue Rubin
  • “In the end, the best argument for inclusion is the simplest. It’s the one we know by heart – that all of us are created equal.”

    John P. Hussman, Ph.D., Director
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