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Katie Wright

Katie Wright

Autism advocacy leader and former director of The VEDS Movement; daughter of Autism Speaks founders; podcast host.

Aug 17, 2026

ErinHOST
6:40
Because from my understanding, this was primarily looking at genetics.
6:46
Yeah.
6:46
They convinced my dad.
6:49
Steve Shearer from Sick Kids Hospital Toronto is a big genomist.
6:55
And he convinced my dad that they can subtype autism genetically and then quote-unquote plug in the drug.
7:03
I said to my dad, you can't subtype autism genetically because, yes, there are these odd variants, but they're also in the general population of people who don't have autism.
7:15
And he was adamant that this would work.

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ErinHOST
19:53
so tell me a little bit about what everything that's been going on at the IACC is doing to address

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