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David G. Amaral is the research director of the MIND Institute and a professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Center for Neuroscience, a neuroscientist who studies the organization of memory systems in the brain. Sally J. Rogers is a specialist in developmental psychology and professor of psychiatry and behavior science for the institute.
Upon completion of his doctorate, Rimland and his wife moved back to San Diego. Rimland worked as a psychologist at the Point Loma Naval Station, [2] where he remained until 1985. [3] After the birth of his son, Mark, and his subsequent diagnosis of autism around the age of two, Rimland began researching the disorder.
The Center for Autism and Related Disorders, Inc. (CARD) is an organization that provides a range of services based on applied behavior analysis (ABA) for children and adults on the autism spectrum. CARD was founded in 1990 by Doreen Granpeesheh. The Blackstone Group, a private equity firm, acquired CARD in 2018.
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ABC School is designed for children and young adults aged 6 to 22 diagnosed with autism or other developmental disabilities.The school builds on the California Autism Foundation's philosophy of community building and prioritizes teaching life skills through collaborative teaching principles and real-world training opportunities. [5]
He currently lives in San Diego, California with his wife, also an autism researcher, Karen Pierce, PhD, and their family. Scientifically, Courchesne’s contribution has led to over 180 publications on the topic of autism and has been included in national and international news coverage.
John Castellanos, stage, film and television actor, film producer; Emma Caulfield, actress (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) [121] [122] Mark Cerney, founder of Next of Kin Registry (NOKR) [123] David Chadwick, clinical research pediatrician, author, founder of Chadwick Center for Children and Autism Discovery Institute-San Diego [124] [125]
Rimland was a founder of the Autism Society of America in 1965, but left to create the Autism Research Institute in 1967. [10] He later promoted several theories, which have since been disproven, about the causes and treatment of autism, including vaccine denial , facilitated communication , chelation therapy , and false claims of a link ...