How Owen overcame autism barriers with his love of Disney
When Owen Suskind was diagnosed with autism at the age of three, doctors warned his parents Ron and Cornelia that he might not speak - and for the next three years he remained silent.
Owen couldn't make eye contact or communicate at all until a passion for cartoons revealed a way to change things for the better. One day Ron mimicked a line from a Disney film and Owen replied with the next line. Such films went on to provide the connecting link from Owen's world to that of his parents.
Owen is now 25 and has his own radio show. His father made a film about the family's journey called Life, Animated and the three of them joined us this morning to talk about how Disney changed their lives.
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