Uta Frith is a world-renowned developmental psychologist who has made seminal contributions to the understanding of autism `and dyslexia. She is Professor Emeritus of Cognitive Development at University College London and has received numerous honors, including being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society and the British Academy. Frith's influential works include Autism and Asperger Syndrome (1991), and she was awarded the European Latsis Prize in 2014 for her outstanding contributions to human cognitive development research.