I'm 23 years old and I have autism. I enjoy Disney movies till this day like the lion king, Hercules, Tarzan, the black cauldron, toy story, ratatouille, and zootopia the most. But my favorite cartoon is My Little Pony: friendship is magic.

Why does everyone make Autism sound like it's the Bubonic Plague: just because we're different, DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE LESS!

I have 17 grandchildren. Five are autistic. The oldest is high functioning just graduated highschool accepted to Florida state. His was Jurrasic Park films. The next is in middle school he was brought out and spoke for first time sitting on my lap watching Curious George at age 4. The youngest there are all siblings. The older two started speaking because of Iron Giant. Their first understandable play and words were Giant Robot. The youngest her breakthrough was a movie called Ferngully and the Tinkerbelle series. Say what you will about those movies. The kicker for me was I and my daughters have now heard 3 words from their children no amount of therapy ever gave us. They were "I LOVE YOU" followed by either Mama or Nana or Gammy. Nothing in the world except seeing them born compares with that.

This is so relatable as an ESE teacher and a mother of child with Autism I have experience almost everything that Owen and his Dad experience. My son started with Winnie the Pooh, Lion King, Bambi, to Charlie Brown and now at Star Wars and Mr. incredible and he watches these movies over and over, but this is how I got him to have a conversation! Like Owen my son regressed after 32 months of meeting every developmental milestone!

This is lovely. Disney has helped so many of us when we were children but this is just speechless.

My 7 year old autistic son learned to talk by watching TV and movies. At first he could only repeat lines from show he liked, but then he started to replace certain words with his own to better fit the situation. Now he says a lot of things that aren't clearly from a show, and he keeps picking up new things from TV. So much for TV being bad for kids, my son wouldn't be talking as well as he does without it.

As an immense Disney Animation fan with Autism, this is beyond relatable to me. In fact, I actually think that if I got to hold a conversation with the person, we'd still be there a week after the convo started.

I am 27 and I am autistic and Disney has helped me, Mickey Mouse is my kinship & sidekick along with Don Bluth and The Land Before Time franchise as well!!!! Littlefoot is my other kinship and sidekick as well!!!

Omgoodness, this is my son with his movies. He's watched movies that he hasn't watched in months to a year and he knows the movie. The words aren't exactly the same but he is trying to say them.

This is the most incredible story I've ever heard in my life. Movies have a magic unlike anything else on Earth. Bless Owen's heart. ❤

There is a movie out about this! And it’s him growing up etc. It’s AMAZING. It’s named “Life, Animated.” I recommend you definitely watch it.

I'm 25, autistic, and mine is just movies in general. I'm a subscriber to moviepass, I have two blogs. One, where I review movies that are in theaters, and the other, movies that are available on Blu-ray and DVD.

I’m an Autistic- officially diagnosed as a kid, but my parents and doctors withheld the diagnosis from me! I didn’t know I was an Autistic until five years ago, through discovering some old medical records (I’m 60 now)! I was always taught that “special interests” or obsessions of any kind were wrong and it’s better to develop as many interests as possible! in fact, it took two movies that I saw (Fatal Attraction and Play Misty For Me) to convince me that I was wrong in engaging in my obsessions! Obsessions do not help Autistics - they make them rigid, stubborn and closed instead! Better to teach them how to develop new and more interests- it will help them learn how to become more normal!

I love Disney movies too! My current favorites are all the Toy Story movies, classics like Aladdin and The Little Mermaid, and many countless others! I wish this young man imminent blessings in life! Thank you!

I also have Autism but mine is High Functioning. I am an ongoing huge fan of Alvin and The Chipmunks franchise (Movies, their 3 Tv Shows, toys, etc) I know most of their lines and some of their songs. It also inspired me for when I grow up, I want to become an Voice Actress. P.S this video is very relatable to me.

awww that was so brave & I love that

I love all animation. i'm autistic and it doesn't stop at Disney no sir.

I am not autistic but I do have have DD Disorder (Developmentally Delayed Disorder) I didn't use it like all these people below but I may get to live in an assisted living facality. I have a really good friend who is (slightly) Autistic. He sometimes get into fits sometimes but when he isn't he is just a regular teenager. It's similar to this, His dad is a electrical engineer (Right now he is making prothstetic limbs for people in Guatemala) Anyway He pushed his autism away by doing electronics in which he makes robots with sensors. I like how I make friends with peers that I can look up to.

It's such a touching story.

I wonder if Owen has been liking these live-action remakes that Disney has been doing.

That was my story. Life, Animated should have won the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature and not OJ Made In America. And it should have been by Disney

I watched this on tv when this show was on

I would proudly have an autistic child over a child plagued with measles, smallpox or diphtheria. Thank You.

I love Disney movies

Why do they keep saying “breaking through” autism? They’re acting like having autism is a death sentence or something

I'm autistic Barney helped me and it still does

I wonder how Owen’s doing right now.

I have that and Disney is one of my films

Lol, they had NOOO problem getting any Disney clip they needed for this piece.

Very encouraging:,) !!!

I wonder what will happen if he was ever introduced to Anime?

I would love to meet Jonathan freeman and Jeremy irons

I'd love it if this guy started watching 1980s Don Bluth films. That would be the shit.

The man in the thumbnail looks like Robert Kardashian

Puppet master movies bought me out of shell

Owen looks just like the comedian Mark Normand.

RKO OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE

I don't know what Wayne's world is

I also collect 90s lion king memorabilia. It really hard to get if you don’t use eBay.

He then became mute again after watching Sausage Party.

Me have severe autism Love pet

Omg😥

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You have got to be joking. Not in a million years.

I have 17 grandchildren. Five are autistic. The oldest is high functioning just graduated highschool accepted to Florida state. His was Jurrasic Park films. The next is in middle school he was brought out and spoke for first time sitting on my lap watching Curious George at age 4. The youngest there are all siblings. The older two started speaking because of Iron Giant. Their first understandable play and words were Giant Robot. The youngest her breakthrough was a movie called Ferngully and the Tinkerbelle series. Say what you will about those movies. The kicker for me was I and my daughters have now heard 3 words from their children no amount of therapy ever gave us. They were "I LOVE YOU" followed by either Mama or Nana or Gammy. Nothing in the world except seeing them born compares with that.