Sundance Film Festival

A Young Man’s Obsession with Disney Helps him Thrive with Autism

By the time Owen Suskind was 3 years old, his parents knew their lives would be anything but typical.
Owen had seemed “normal” up until that point, when his motor skills suddenly deteriorated, and he lost the language he had attained. He was diagnosed with autism, and Owen’s father, Ron Suskind, said it was like “Someone kidnapped our son.” [1]