kobenan. >> kobenan. >> kobenan. i never would have said it so nicely, kobenan. but as you testified ace read in your remarks about how you had to leave this region of the country where you would think that in washington, d.c. and in this environment in m.d. and virginia where we would have the appropriate resources but you chose to move to arizona because you knew that there were better services. and so we can just imagine how in a developing country where many, many needs are, that autism is certainly an issue that seems to be -- and mental health in general tends to be put on the back burner than the other diseases that we hear so much about. in the u.s., there are public and private resources available for impacted families to better cope with the disease. sadly, the same support structures provided in developing world often do not exist in low and middle incomed countries due to inadequate funding and a lack of understanding or diagnosis of the disorder. there's often neglected populations battling a wide range of mental, physical and neurological disabiliti

kobenan, you mentioned your son and the brain mapping that was done, and it really seemed to shed lighton what his strengths were and difficults would be. can you expand on that? >> it's an ekg that they put a lot of -- how you call this -- electrodes on his head, and then he has to stay still, and they do a map. they kind of read the activity on his brain over a period of time. it's very expensive. we had it in arizona, but it's so helpful. i wouldn't suggest that for every family if they have to come up with the money out of their own pocket because this cost us $3500, and if they can have the insurance, some kind of help, that would be very helpful because it really tells you right from the start whether you should plan on putting your child in the facility where he will be 24/7 taken care of by people, or if he can take care of himself when he grows up. you can start investing money for a good facility for him or invest your money into activities for him to help himself. that gives you a road map right from the start, and we were lucky enough to come across a doctor who did that. >>