Sullivan, Ruth Christ
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- Christ, Ruth Marie, 1924-2021
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1924-04-20
Death Date
- 2021-09-16
Has Affiliation
- Affiliation Start: 1979
- Organization: Autism Services Center
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Columbia University
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Ohio University
Birth Place
- Port Arthur (Tex.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Autistic people--Services for
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Sources
- found: Letting go, c2007:closing credits (Ruth Christ Sullivan; producer, writer)
- found: OCLC, Nov. 5, 2010(hdg.: Sullivan, Ruth Christ)
- found: Wikipedia, Nov. 5, 2010(Ruth Christ Sullivan, Ph.D.; b. 1924; founder and former Executive Director of the Autism Services Center, Huntington, WV in 1979; retired in 2007)
- found: Washington post WWW site, viewed Sept. 22, 2021(in obituary dated "yesterday": Ruth Christ Sullivan; in 1965, she and Bernard Rimland founded what is now the Autism Society of America, a leading advocacy organization based in Bethesda, Md. Dr. Sullivan was 97 when she died Sept. 16 in Huntington, W.Va. Dr. Sullivan ran an autism information and referral service out of her home in Huntington. Through the Autism Services Center in Huntington, which she founded in 1979, she also created the first West Virginia group homes for people with autism. Ruth Marie Christ was born in Port Arthur, Tex., on April 20, 1924. She attended Columbia University, receiving a bachelor's degree and then a master's in 1952. That same year, she married William P. "Bill" Sullivan. Dr. Sullivan started the Autism Services Center while studying for a doctorate in psychology, speech and special education at Ohio University. She received her PhD in 1984 at age 60)
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Change Notes
- 2010-11-08: new
- 2022-04-11: revised
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