of services, supports and education for people with disabilitied. right now hundreds of thousands of people wait on waiting lists for services to live in the community and, to me mind, this is a crucial service rights issue along with a variety of others in regards to this disability policy. >> let's talk about this controversy, which i think would surprise a lot of people because some of it even came from within the autistic community. some of the criticism, there was this controversy surrounding your nomination. do you think that you can change people's perception of autism through the work that you're doing? >> well, my hope is to change people's perception of autism. you know, i think right now many people's views of autism are really only shaped through the media or through movies like "rain man" and it's a very limited, stereotypical view. my hope, honestly, that people form their views about autism