Autism AI is no longer a concept. It is an app on your phone.
Elizabeth Horn spent 28 years collecting data on her autistic daughter, Sophia. She filled binders, tracked seizures by hand, and installed sensors in her daughter's classroom. Along the way, she discovered that CO2 levels triggered seizures, that resistance training brought meltdowns to zero, and that 87% of autistic kids have motor disorders that often get misread as intellectual disability.
Now Elizabeth and her team at the 2M Foundation have built Count AI, a free AI agent that lives on your phone, stores your child's entire health history, finds patterns no human brain could catch, and has already predicted seizures a month in advance. In this episode, she walks through exactly how it works, what families can start doing today, and why she believes parent-driven data collection will transform autism care for everyone, not just those with resources.
Whether your child was diagnosed yesterday or twenty years ago, this conversation shows you what is possible when families own their data and put AI to work on it.
Topics covered: autism AI tools, seizure prediction, autism apps and trackers, CO2 and seizure triggers, exercise as medicine for autism meltdowns, motor disorders in autism, presuming competence, autism gut health, microbiome testing, wearable health data, the MOVE initiative, brain-computer interfaces, and what to do the day you get an autism diagnosis.
Guest: Elizabeth Horn, Founder of the 2M Foundation, Co-Founder of the Autism Impact Fund, documentary filmmaker (Finding the Words, In Our Own Hands), and published researcher on motor function in autism.
LINKS & RESOURCES:
🔗 Count AI: https://www.thecountaiproject.com/
🔗 2M Foundation: https://2mfoundation.org/
🔗 Finding the Words documentary: https://youtu.be/fYu5jOpq7dA?si=hzNUZZFPGgDIaDpw 🔗 In Our Own Hands documentary: https://docuseek2.com/bf-iooh
🔗 Arome Biosciences (microbiome testing): https://www.arome-science.com/swipe-stool-collection-kits/
🔗 The Autism Revolution by Martha Herbert: https://amzn.to/4moiJUY
🔗 Creative Destruction of Medicine by Eric Topol: https://amzn.to/3PXkoEF
🔗 MOVE Initiative: https://2mfoundation.org/initiatives/
🔗 Anat Baniel Method: https://www.anatbanielmethod.com/
🔗 Count AI Webinar (April 22, 2026 | 2:00-2:45 PM PST): email contact@thecountaiproject.com to register
🎙️ Listen on Podcast Platforms: https://biohackingautism.captivate.fm/listen
Biohacking Autism is hosted by Nadia Elkhatib. This podcast explores evidence-informed approaches to autism through functional medicine, integrative health, and biohacking strategies for autism families. New episodes cover autism supplements, autism gut health, peptides, sleep, anxiety, longevity, and health technology that support real outcomes for people with autism. Subscribe and leave a review to help other autism parents find this show. Connect with Nadia:
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