Owen Suskind had a different attachment to Disney films. When he was two, he lost his voice and got disconnected due to 'regressive autism,' a disorder in which the signs of autism disorder show themselves up when a child is just a toddler. Until one day Owen responded to her father, Ron Suskind, with a tag line from a Disney movie. From then on, Owen got reconnected to his family and world.
In November 1993, when Owen Suskind was two, something strange happened to him. Owen lost his speech and his words. He became unhappy and cried a lot, which he was never before. He lost his motor function and started strolling around like somebody with eyes shut. Till one day, Ron copies the sound of Lago, the sneaky bird from the Disney movie "Aladdin," and the child answered back with one line from a Disney film. Since then the toddler got back and relinked to his family and the whole world.
"Something's wrong," The Telegraph quoted Ron Suskind as saying. He added, "he's not looking at you. He seems unhappy. He's crying a lot. He was never a big crier."
The Suskinds found out that Owen had a "regressive autism," a condition that occurs when a kid appears to grow normally but then begins to lose social and speech skills, frequently between 15 months and 30 months old. Ron described the cruelty of this condition to his son as like the kid feels talking out and present in one-and-a-half, or two-and-a-half or two and then vanish.
Ron Suskind wrote a book entitled "Life, Animated" describing how his autistic son reconnects with his family and the whole world, through Disney movies. Later on, Director Roger Ross William released a film based on Ron's book with the same title. Repeated conversation ultimately changes into a real-life conversation and viewing movie characters encounter challenges provides the child insight and awareness of the behavior of the persons around him.
The Suskinds expressively share in the movie all challenges that their son has encountered. However, Owen is the main character of the film. He describes the intimidation and isolation he felt and faced as a child, speaking on behalf of several autistic kids who have not established his verbal skill level.
The Guardian has reported that several children diagnosed with autism disorder have favorite activities or interest which they never get tired of repeating or watching, and that can seem to get in the way that they are learning new social and verbal skills. In the case of Owen, his fascination was Disney movies.
