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History. The Autism Society was founded in 1965 by Bernard Rimland, Ph.D. His book, Infantile Autism: The Syndrome and Its Implications for a Neural Theory of Behavior, was written in late 1964 and was one of the first of its kind.In 1968, Ruth Sullivan, Ph.D., became the organizationâs first elected president.he Autism Society began a nationwide awareness campaign in the early â70s that was adopted by Congress in 1984 and strengthened by the release of the autism awareness ribbon in 1999.