Life, Animated: Autism and Disney

Democracy Now did a long interview with the the filmmakers and subject of a Documentary at the Sundance Film Festival, called "Life, Animated", about an autistic boy who loves Disney films, and learns to reconnect with the outside world through them. They talk about the compensating gifts that autistic people have, and the need to go into their world to connect with them.  By through learning to connect with people that way, they learn to connect with people, and eventually to reconnect with the larger world.