Mary Riggs Cohen

Mary Riggs Cohen, PhD received her doctoral training in clinical psychology at the Catholic University of America and her postdoctoral family therapy training at the Philadelphia Child Guidance Center. She has thirty-four years of clinical experience specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of Autism Spectrum Disorders. As Clinical Director of the Social Learning Disorders Program at the University of Pennsylvania Psychiatry Department, she developed the Social Skills Seminar for young adults on the autism spectrum. She is the author of Social Literacy: A Social Skills Seminar for Young Adults with ASDs, NLDs and Social Anxiety and a frequent presenter at autism conferences and continuing education workshops on topics related to autism diagnosis, treatment and forensic issues. Formerly the Director at Autism Spectrum Diagnostics & Consulting in Doylestown, PA., she has been conducting forensic evaluations of individuals on the autism spectrum and providing expert testimony since 2009. Dr. Cohen is now in independent practice assisting in the evaluation and defense of ASD defendants throughout the United States.