Jeannette Schaeffer is Professor of Language Acquisition at the University of Amsterdam. She investigates language acquisition and development across languages and populations, including children with hemispherectomy, Developmental Language Disorder (DLD), autism, and, more recently, in minors in conflict with the law. She founded LACA (Language Abilities in Children with Autism) in 2017, an international, collaborative network focusing on the cross-linguistic investigation of language (development) in autism. She has published in leading journals such as Language Acquisition, Applied Psycholinguistics, Natural Language & Linguistic Theory, and Glossa.

Rama Novogrodsky is Associate Professor at the University of Haifa, Israel. She studies typical and atypical language development in various populations, including children with autism, hearing impairment (also those who use sign language), and Developmental Language Disorder. Her work has appeared in journals such as Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, First Language, and Applied Psycholinguistics.

Alexandra Perovic is Associate Professor at University College London. Her research explores monolingual and multilingual language development in autism, Down syndrome and Williams syndrome, and language difficulties in children within the youth justice system. She has published in Developmental Science and Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, among others. She teaches clinical linguistics and language acquisition to postgraduate speech and language therapy students.

Philippe Prévost is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Tours, France. His research, featuring in journals such as Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism and Autism Research, spans across several domains of language development, such as second language acquisition and language development in the context of a neurodevelopmental disorder, including Developmental Language Disorder and autism, in both children and adults.

Laurice Tuller is Professor Emerita of Linguistics at the University of Tours, France, with expertise in psycholinguistics, language pathology, and bilingual language acquisition. She has investigated language profiles in contexts including hearing loss, epilepsy, Developmental Language Disorder, and autism. Her work has been published in Autism Research, Brain and Language, and Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, among others.