10 Facts About Alison Singer

Alison Singer is the president of the Autism Science Foundation.

Alison Singer was formerly an executive vice president of Autism Speaks and a vice president at NBC.

Alison Singer claimed she learned the skills needed to run ASF during her time at HBS.

Alison Singer serves on the board of the Marcus Autism Center at Emory, the Yale Child Study Center, the executive board of the Seaver Autism Center at the Icahn School of Medicine, the executive board of the Autism Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and is a member of the National Council on Severe Autism.

Alison Singer was scheduled to receive an honorary degree from Emory University in May 2020.

In 2025, speaking in her capacity as president of ASF, Singer reiterated that vaccines do not make people autistic, while stating that she gave credit to recently appointed US Secretary of Health and Human Services and anti-vaccine activist Robert F Kennedy, Jr.

In 2009, Alison Singer claimed she supported some of the goals of Autistic activists she has previously spoken with, but disagreed with any opposition to genetic research.

Alison Singer was criticized for a scene in which she recalled contemplating murder-suicide by driving her and her autistic daughter off the George Washington Bridge following a visit to a specialized school she deemed terrible.

Alison Singer was additionally criticized for recounting this in the presence of her autistic daughter.

In 2009, Alison Singer responded by claiming that she made this comment because the New York State Department of Health recommended that her autistic daughter be placed in a school with very poor conditions and did not want her daughter to suffer there.