Sam Crane [image: A smiling white person with ear- length brown hair, wearing a black suit jacket and a white pearl necklace.] What is the IACC, or Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, and what does it do? We talked with newly seated IACC member Sam Crane about her role, how the IACC works, its goals, why it needs to broaden its focus beyond causation — and her experience as one of the committee’s autistic minority. The next IACC meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, January 12, and will be webcast live. Community members who would like to submit written comments for the meeting should do so by Tuesday, January 5th. —- TPGA: How would you describe the IACC to someone who isn’t aware of what the IACC is, and what it does, beyond the standard — rather stuffy — description? Sam Crane: The Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee is the government’s attempt to…