Theo Peeters earned a Licence in Philosophy and Literature (University of Louvain), M.A. in
Neurolinguistics (University of Brussels), MSc in Human Communications (University of London) and was affiliated to
TEACCH,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was in charge of training professionals in the 1985 Educational Experiment in Autism sponsored by the Flemish Ministry of Education. Peeters was responsible for the Flemish-Russian project on autism, the Flemish-South African project, the Flemish-Polish Autism project and more. He was also Associate Editor of
Good Autism Practice edited by Glenys Jones and Hugh Morgan in partnership with the
University of Birmingham. Peeters published several books on autism, including
Talking About Autism in 1980,
Autism: From Theoretical Understanding to Educational Intervention in 1994 and
Autism: Medical and Educational Aspects, in collaboration with
Christopher Gillberg. ==Selected publications==