and autistic people because they have autistic people in their workplace and their schools and amongst their friends and co-workers. so, truthfully, you know, my hope is not so much to personally change every american's view on autism, but to empower autistic people and people with disabilities of all kinds to be more a part of society so that they can change their peers and community members views on their own. >> sure, many in the autistic community are very happy to see your appointment, but there's also some, some talk that we should be more focused on a cure as a society, when, really, what you want to focus on is just improving the lives. you find that very important improving the lives of those with autism and not being so focused on the cure. >> absolutely. you know, a 2008 survey of autism research funding with republican private found that only 1% of research funding