He and his wife, Patricia Iversen founded Cure Autism Now in 1995. They have 3 children together, and one of whom is affected by Autism. Was critical in getting both the Children's Health Act of 2000 and Combating Autism Act of 2006 passed. Shestack serves on the Internal Citizens Oversight Committee (ICOC) of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine and two bio-ethics task forces--a Department of Energy group on issues of ethics and gene patenting and the Stanford University Center on Integrating Ethics and Genetic Research. Shestack continues to be a successful film producer while advocating for Autism.
Son of celebrity Philadelphians: his mother, Marciarose Shestack - who's appeared in two of his films - is a former local TV-show host; his father, Jerome, is a prestigious corporate lawyer prominent in the American Bar Assn.Major trivia alert: Jerome Shestack's name can be seen twice, listed among fictional lawyers' names on the lobby directory in The Young Philadelphians (1959).Son of Marciarose Shestack .
The poignant yet humor filled story about a single mother of a teenager severely impacted by autism, forced to reckon with her daughter's future. As her child becomes an adult, what used to work, no longer does. What will sustain her daughter, and herself? A parent-child love story, when love means letting go.