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Shestack has stated that his production style starts with a pitch for a script. He then refines the idea as needed until a studio decides that it will be made into a movie. He has also advocated giving credit to people that play an indirect role in moviemaking.[{{cite news |last1=Grove |first1=Martin |title=So you're a producer? What exactly do you do? |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/youre-a-producer-what-exactly-154054 |accessdate=16 March 2020 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=2 November 2007 |language=en |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124124951/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/youre-a-producer-what-exactly-154054 |url-status=live }}] He has been eager to use the films he produces to raise money for autism research.[{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Richard |title=Celebrities are taking their charity involvement to new levels |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/94064617/ |url-access=subscription |accessdate=16 March 2020 |work=The San Bernardino County Sun |date=16 September 1997 |archive-date=June 3, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250603063417/https://www.newspapers.com/image/94064617/ |url-status=live }}] |
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Shestack has stated that his production style starts with a pitch for a script. He then refines the idea as needed until a studio decides that it will be made into a movie. He has also advocated giving credit to people that play an indirect role in moviemaking.[{{cite news |last1=Grove |first1=Martin |title=So you're a producer? What exactly do you do? |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/youre-a-producer-what-exactly-154054 |accessdate=16 March 2020 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=2 November 2007 |language=en |archive-date=January 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124124951/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/youre-a-producer-what-exactly-154054 |url-status=live }}] He has been eager to use the films he produces to raise money for autism research.[{{cite news |last1=Peterson |first1=Richard |title=Celebrities are taking their charity involvement to new levels |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/94064617/ |url-access=subscription |accessdate=16 March 2020 |work=The San Bernardino County Sun |date=16 September 1997 |archive-date=June 3, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250603063417/https://www.newspapers.com/image/94064617/ |url-status=live }}] |
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Shestack started the Cure Autism Now Foundation after his son, Dov, was diagnosed with autism.[{{cite news |last1=Mestel |first1=Rosie |title=Reaching Out to a Remote World |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-12-he-36596-story.html |accessdate=16 March 2020 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=12 March 2001}}] with a primary focus on cure- and treatment-related research.[{{Cite web |date=2008-09-17 |title=Closer to the Truth: Key Terms |url=http://www.pbs.org/kcet/closertotruth/terms/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917072749/http://www.pbs.org/kcet/closertotruth/terms/index.html |archive-date=2008-09-17 |website=[[PBS]]}}] Shestack received many donations through his connections{{Vague|date=January 2026}} in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]]. He was known for being able to attract significant donors and awareness, to the extent that he played a major role in convincing the [[United States Congress]] to pass the [[Combating Autism Act|Combating Autism Act of 2006]]. Initially, Shestack was against the merger of CAN with Autism Speaks, but decided to eventually accept it.[{{cite book |last1=Donvan |first1=John |last2=Zucker |first2=Caren |title=In a Different Key: The Story of Autism |date=2016 |publisher=Crown |isbn=978-0-307-98568-2 |pages=384–391, 467–469 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sdusCAAAQBAJ |accessdate=13 March 2020 |language=en}}] |
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Shestack started CAN after his son, Dov, was diagnosed with autism.[{{cite news |last1=Mestel |first1=Rosie |title=Reaching Out to a Remote World |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-mar-12-he-36596-story.html |accessdate=16 March 2020 |work=The Los Angeles Times |date=12 March 2001}}] with a primary focus on cure- and treatment-related research.[{{Cite web |date=2008-09-17 |title=Closer to the Truth: Key Terms |url=http://www.pbs.org/kcet/closertotruth/terms/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917072749/http://www.pbs.org/kcet/closertotruth/terms/index.html |archive-date=2008-09-17 |website=[[PBS]]}}] Shestack received many donations through his connections{{Vague|date=January 2026}} in [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]]. He was known for being able to attract significant donors and awareness, to the extent that he played a major role in convincing the [[United States Congress]] to pass the [[Combating Autism Act|Combating Autism Act of 2006]]. Initially, Shestack was against the merger of CAN with Autism Speaks, but decided to eventually accept it.[{{cite book |last1=Donvan |first1=John |last2=Zucker |first2=Caren |title=In a Different Key: The Story of Autism |date=2016 |publisher=Crown |isbn=978-0-307-98568-2 |pages=384–391, 467–469 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sdusCAAAQBAJ |accessdate=13 March 2020 |language=en}}] |
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In 2010, Shestack criticized autistic activist and [[Autistic Self Advocacy Network]] founder [[Ari Ne'eman]] following Ne'eman's nomination by [[U.S. President Barack Obama]] to sit on the [[National Council on Disability]]. Shestack stated, "Why people have gotten upset is, he doesn’t seem to represent, understand or have great sympathy for all the people who are truly, deeply affected in a way that he isn’t."[{{cite news |last1=Harmon |first1=Amy |title=Nominee to Disability Council Is Lightning Rod for Dispute on Views of Autism |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/health/policy/28autism.html |accessdate=16 March 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=27 March 2010 |archive-date=March 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308124810/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/health/policy/28autism.html |url-status=live }}] |
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In 2010, Shestack criticized autistic activist and [[Autistic Self Advocacy Network]] founder [[Ari Ne'eman]] following Ne'eman's nomination by [[U.S. President Barack Obama]] to sit on the [[National Council on Disability]]. Shestack stated, "Why people have gotten upset is, he doesn’t seem to represent, understand or have great sympathy for all the people who are truly, deeply affected in a way that he isn’t."[{{cite news |last1=Harmon |first1=Amy |title=Nominee to Disability Council Is Lightning Rod for Dispute on Views of Autism |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/health/policy/28autism.html |accessdate=16 March 2020 |work=The New York Times |date=27 March 2010 |archive-date=March 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308124810/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/28/health/policy/28autism.html |url-status=live }}] |
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