# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bernard-rimland
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:29:54.009Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bernard-rimland"
name: "Bernard Rimland"
slug: "bernard-rimland"
description: "Bernard Rimland was an American research psychologist, writer, lecturer, and influential person in the field of developmental disorders. Rimland's first book, Infantile Autism, sparked by the birth of a son who had autism, was instrumental in changing attitudes toward the disorder. Rimland founded and directed two advocacy groups: the Autism Society of America (ASA) and the Autism Research Institute. He promoted several since disproven theories about the causes and treatment of autism, including vaccine denial, facilitated communication, chelation therapy, and false claims of a link between secretin and autism. He also supported the ethically controversial practice of using aversives on autistic children."
tagline: "American psychologist (1928–2006)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bernard-Rimland.web.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1928-11-15"
deathDate: "2006-11-21"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.41
  momentum:             0
  historical:           8.082758666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump