Meet the Speakers

Sarah Bridges, Ph.D., MBA

Neuropsychologist, Executive Coach, and Founder of Bridges Consulting

Sarah Bridges, Ph.D., MBA, is a neuropsychologist, executive coach, and founder of Bridges Consulting. Dr. Bridges received her Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Minnesota, her MBA from Benedictine University, and her B.A. in psychology from Wesleyan University.

She is the author of “A Bad Reaction: A Memoir,” a mother’s story of raising a son with autism, navigating the “vaccine court,” and confronting the widespread denial of a link between vaccines and autism.

“A Bad Reaction” is a personal journey that is sometimes painful and sometimes funny. It confronts the dissonance between what the government tells us about the vaccine-autism link and its secret payments compensating the vaccine-injured. It tackles broader issues such as individual versus government responsibility, the conflicts of interest in vaccination-safety research, and the balance of individual and collective good. Vaccines hold the special distinction of being the only mandated drugs all children receive and have saved innumerable lives. They also have safety risks. This book is about one of those “negative outcomes.” His name is Porter.