Some very sad news:
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Autistic children and their parents said goodbye to their best
friend and greatest champion on Tuesday, November 21st when Dr.
Bernard Rimland, founder and director of the Autism Research
Institute, passed away at the age of 78.
Dr. Stephen M. Edelson, who is assuming the position of Director of
ARI, says, "Dr. Rimland will go down in history as the person who
ended the `dark ages' of autism and spearheaded the fight to bring
hope and help to autistic children.
He did us all a tremendous job. "We" owe him a LOT!!! No longer is autism thought of as the "ice-mother's desease". I'm very grateful to him. Believe me, it's NOT an easy life - but because of him there IS hope.
Goodbye dear friend, you will be missed. And thank you once again.
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