00:00www.mesmerism.info
00:30He says, let me explain what autism is.
00:33Some of the kids don't ever talk again.
00:37I remember thinking, I'm just going to hold you so tight and love you so much that whatever is going
00:44on will go away.
00:47We're beginning to give up hope.
00:49And one day we're watching the Disney animated movies.
00:52And he says he doesn't want to grow up like Mowgli or Peter Pan.
00:58What the hell just happened?
01:02And all of a sudden it became clear to us.
01:04He's using these movies to make sense of the world he actually is living in, our world.
01:10So at that point we began to speak to him in Disney dialogue.
01:14When did you and I become such good friends?
01:20Whatever works to get to Owen.
01:23I've been scared my whole life of growing up.
01:25Peter Pan doesn't want to grow up because when you grow up you lose all your magical childhood times.
01:32My hope is that he is independent enough to be able to grow older on his own.
01:37When I look in the mirror, I see a proud autistic man ready to meet a future that is bright
01:45and full of wonder.
01:50He's going to have to fall and fail.
01:53We're not afraid of that as we used to be.
01:59I just can't believe how far Owen has come.
02:05The future, I'm still searching for it.
02:09Who decides what a meaningful life is?
02:13It's like I always say.
02:16Children want to be free to leave their own lives.
02:20Children want to be free to love your life.
02:22They're not afraid of it.
02:29Whether it's
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