Jonathan Lai (MSc, PhD) is the Executive Director at the Canadian Autism Spectrum Disorders Alliance (CASDA) and holds an Adjunct Faculty Position in Health Services Research at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME) in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. At CASDA, Jonathan's current work involves building consensus among stakeholders nationally, responding to emerging policy gaps in the autism and disability sector and leading the organization to become an evidence-informed constructive policy idea generator to guide the development of a federal National Autism Strategy