Matt Asner
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There's a lot going on.
And actually, we just entered into a deal with Google and a partnership with Google where we're going to actually map 10,000 genomes.
And those genomes are going to be available on the cloud so that people can work with them.
And I really see it as like the digital revolution in terms of science and autism.
So you know how the film industry kind of changed in the 90s and people started doing films in their garage and they actually started coming out.
And I see that this is a turning point for autism research where people are really going to get to look at this and study it and do the research.
So on one side of the spectrum, you have people that have difficult, very difficult time communicating.
Probably, you know, some are nonverbal.
They can't speak at all.
They can't communicate at all.
or they use an iPad to communicate.
And then you go all the way over to the other end of the spectrum, and you're talking about people who are high-functioning.
High-functioning podcast hosts.
Well, there's actually no definitive test that you can, it's a series of diagnostic criteria that you can put people through.
And if they come up with enough of those diagnostic criteria, then you get a diagnosis of autism.
Bill Gates.
Or Bill Gates.
He was flaky.
Because of his frames.
Well, it's funny because, you know, we did a concert with Stephen Stills and Kristen Stills and Chris Stills and I do a concert every year for Autism Speaks called Light Up the Blues.