Meet Dr. Diane Hennacy Powell

Bio: 

Diane Hennacy, MD (PKA Diane Hennacy Powell) is an internationally recognized expert on autism and savant syndrome whose research focuses on autistic children who reportedly have ESP and was featured in the popular podcast “The Telepathy Tapes”. She trained in neuroscience at Ohio State University and received her MD and psychiatric training from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. She also studied at the Institute of Psychiatry in London with Sir Michael Rutter, who was knighted for his work on autism. Dr Hennacy has been on faculty at Harvard Medical School and an invited member of think tanks, including the La Jolla Group for Understanding the Origin of Humans. She is serving for the third time on the Board of the Parapsychological Association and has contributed chapters to five academic books, including AAPS’ Is Consciousness Primary? and the Oxford University Handbook of Psychology and Spirituality. Her 2008 book The ESP Enigma received an award from the LA Festival of Books and has been translated into German, Portuguese, and Finnish. A signed copy can be purchased directly through her website.