Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism (ABC)

Type

Book

Authors

Ron Suskind

ISBN 10

1484741234

ISBN 13

9781484741238

Tags

Memoirs, Special Needs, Autism & Asperger's Syndrome, Disabilities, Disabled

Description

Imagine being trapped inside a Disney movie and having to learn about life mostly from animated characters dancing across a screen of color. A fantasy? A nightmare? This is the real-life story of Owen Suskind, the son of the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind and his wife, Cornelia. An autistic boy who couldn't speak for years, Owen memorized dozens of Disney movies, turned them into a language to express love and loss, kinship, brotherhood.The family was forced to become animated characters, communicating with him in Disney dialogue and song; until they all emerge, together, revealing how, in darkness, we all literally need stories to survive. - from Amzon

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