You have to read this. You have to. It’s a long story in the New York Times Magazine, in which Ron Suskind, the writer, discovers a way to reach his profoundly autistic son, Owen: through Disney ...

Ron Suskind’s talk last Wednesday morning for the staff and supporters of the Clifford Beers Clinic was all about heroes and sidekicks, and they aren’t just characters in a Walt Disney movie. There ...

A new documentary tells the story of Owen Suskind, a boy with autism whose love of Disney helps him navigate the world. David Edelstein calls... A Boy With Autism Makes Connections Through Cartoons In ...

Roger Ross Williams hit a pretty sizable wall while filming his Oscar-nominated documentary Life, Animated: He couldn’t properly interview his main character, Owen Suskind. Suskind is autistic, which ...

Roger Ross Williams' captivating documentary explores a young autistic man's growth and progress through his obsession with Disney animated movies. Cape Cod, Mass.-based writer Ron Suskind, whose ...

Get away from that TV! Stop watching movies to escape! Go outside and live! Kids everywhere are used to hearing their parents hammer advice like that. This is not the case in Life, Animated — a funny, ...

The 'Late Show' host revealed how his 'Colbert Report' character was shaped by Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind, whose son Owen is the subject of the nonfiction feature about how Disney ...

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In some ways, it’s rather unfortunate that Disney movies are what led Owen Suskind, the autistic 23-year-old at the heart of Roger Ross Williams’ documentary Life, Animated, to become better at ...