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Autism The Missing Piece. A Documentary From FAIR Autism Media - Full Documentary

Documentary - Autism Researchers, Clinicians and Providers

Walter Zahorodny

Walter Zahorodny, Ph.D

Sheri A. Marino MA, CCC-SLP

Walter Zahorodny, Ph.D

Director of New Jersey Autism Study and has  been the leading  researcher for the  CDC’s Autism and  Developmental  Disabilities Monitoring  Network (ADDM) since  2000. Dr Zahorodny  works in the Pediatrics  Department at Rutgers  University, New Jersey  Medical School. As the  senior researcher for the  CDC’s Autism and  Developmental  D

Director of New Jersey Autism Study and has  been the leading  researcher for the  CDC’s Autism and  Developmental  Disabilities Monitoring  Network (ADDM) since  2000. Dr Zahorodny  works in the Pediatrics  Department at Rutgers  University, New Jersey  Medical School. As the  senior researcher for the  CDC’s Autism and  Developmental  Disabilities Monitoring  Network his research has  shown New Jersey autism  rates are now at least 1 in  34 children.  

David G. Amaral

David G. Amaral, Ph.D.

Sheri A. Marino MA, CCC-SLP

Walter Zahorodny, Ph.D

Research Director, UC  Davis MIND Institute,  dedicated to studying  autism. Dr. Amaral is  currently coordinating a  comprehensive and  multidisciplinary analysis  of children with autism  called the Autism  Phenome Project to  define biomedical  characteristics of  different types of autism.  Dr. Amaral has been  continuously funded by  the National Institutes of  Health for more than 25  years.

Sheri A. Marino

Sheri A. Marino MA, CCC-SLP

Sheri A. Marino MA, CCC-SLP

Sheri A. Marino MA, CCC-SLP

As the Executive  Director of Autism  Healthcare  Collaborative, Sheri  coordinates medical  videoconferences with a  team of distinguished  physicians across the  country who collaborate  on medically complex  cases of autism around  the globe. Sheri serves  on the advisory board  for Autism Family  Services, NJ

Documentary - Autism Parents Who Have affected Autism Policy

Rick Rollens

Rick Rollens

Barbara L’Italien

Barbara L’Italien

Rick Rollens, Former Secretary  of the California State Senate,  Co-Founder of the U.C. Davis  M.I.N.D. Institute. Rick is a  lobbyist in California  representing the autism and  disability communities for the  past two decades. Rick is also  a former board member of  the Autism Society of  America. He is an  international autism advocate  and father of an adult son with autism.

Barbara L’Italien

Barbara L’Italien

Barbara L’Italien

Barbara L’Italien

Barbara L’Italien, Former  Massachusetts State Senator and 2018  Candidate for US Congress,  was the author of the landmark legislation on  autism insurance coverage and a 2014 bill that opened  doors to statewide support  services for children and  adults with autism. Barbara  is the mother of adult son with autism.

Marcus Molinaro

Marcus Molinaro

Barbara L’Italien

Marcus Molinaro

Marcus Molinaro,  County Executive,  Dutchess County NY.  2018 Republican  Nominee for New York  State Governor. Former  NY State Assemblyman.  Marc is a 2022 candidate for US Congress. He is also the father of a daughter  with autism.

Thomas Abinanti

Thomas Abinanti

Barbara L’Italien

Marcus Molinaro

Thomas Abinanti,  New York State  Assemblyman and is the  current Chairman of the New York State  Assembly Disabilities Committee. He was the author, sponsor and driving force behind various autism legislation signed  into law. Tom is the father of a son with  autism.

At the Egg (NYS Capitol) Panel discussion with  Foundation For Autism Information and Research  Executive Director, Michael Smith,  NYS Assemblyman and Disabilities Committee  Chairman, Thomas Abinanti, Autism Think Tank /  Autism Healthcare Collaborative, Executive Director  Sheri Marino, Former Mass. St Senator and candidate  for Congress Barbara L’Italien and Autism Action  Network Executive Director, John Gilmore, discuss  autism issues following the film and take questions  from legislators, advocates and state agencies and  educational professionals

FAIR's Lifetime Achievment Award 

In Loving Memory of Bernard Rimland 1928-2006

Picture: FAIR's Julie Duffield interviewing Bernard Rimland


Founder of 

The Autism Society of America - 1965

The Autism Research Institute - 1967

Defeat Autism Now (DAN) - 1995

Technical Advisor for the movie Rain Man - 1988 

Much of the early autism research was inspired by Dr. Bernard Rimland’s widely acclaimed 1964 book, Infantile Autism, in which he argued convincingly that autism was not a result of emotional neglect, the prevailing theory at the time but instead had biological roots. In his book and later in a 1968 documentary film, The Invisible Wall, Dr. Rimland hypothesized that autism most likely resulted from the interplay of genetics, the environment, and neurology.


Bernard Rimland's tireless efforts resulted in other reseachers proving that other impairments in autism included immune and metabolic dysfunction, gastrointestinal impairment and microbiome and nutritional allergies deficiencies.  New versions of behavioral therapy emerged, including Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), Pivotal Response Training, Functional Communication, and Floortime. Sensory therapy expanded to treat sensory specific issues  such as deep pressure hearing , tactile, vestibular and vision. 


Bernard changed the consensus of autism from a psychological issue to a biological issue, and later in life from a biological issue to environmental. 

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