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Sallie Bernard

Sallie Bernard is a co-founder and the executive director of Safe Minds. She served as the board chairwoman for Cure Autism Now, one of the largest funders of research on biomedical therapies for autism spectrum disorders (now merged with Autism Speaks). Bernard is the founder and former president of ARC Research, a market research and marketing consulting firm, which she sold in 2004. She was also a member of the Founders Forum for The Autism Center of University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Her son, Bill, has autism.

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Bernard has testified before the House Government Reform Committee of the United States Congress, and has made a presentation before the Institute of Medicine. She has published a number of research papers and letters in science journals, and participates in several government committees addressing the adverse effects of mercury on neurodevelopment.

Education

Bernard graduated with honors from Radcliffe College, Harvard University, in 1979.

v • d • e Pervasive developmental disorders / Autism spectrum
Main	Causes \| Comorbid conditions \| Epidemiology \| Heritability \| Sociological and cultural aspects \| Therapies
Diagnoses	Asperger syndrome \| Autism \| Childhood disintegrative disorder \| Fragile X syndrome \| Multiple-complex Developmental Disorder \| PDD-NOS \| Rett syndrome \| Semantic Pragmatic Disorder
Controversies	Autism rights movement \| Autistic enterocolitis \| Chelation \| Ethical challenges \| MMR vaccine controversy \| Neurodiversity \| Refrigerator mother \| Thiomersal controversy
Lists	Autism-related topics \| Fictional characters \| Further reading on Asperger syndrome \| People on the autistic spectrum \| People speculated to have been autistic
Groups	Aspies For Freedom \| Autism Society of America \| Autism Speaks \| Generation Rescue \| National Autism Association \| National Autistic Society \| Safe Minds \| Wrong Planet