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I am big fan of Rupert since I read his book about the Bushmen. Since then he had a child who was diagnosed with Autism at the age of two and has turned to focusing on that. I transcribed the movie trailer as well as I could, I've never tried to do that before, I wish I understood how to add them to the trailer as subtitles, but I haven't figure that out yet.
I am also a fan of Temple Grandin and she has a short comment in the movie trailer.
http://horseboymovie.com/trailer.html
hear bells, drumming,chanting. Horses walking on a horizon. Rowan and Rupert on a horse with other horses in the background. Tribal doctor drumming over Rowan.
Voice of Rupert Isaacson:
In April, 2004, my son is diagnosed with Autism. The feeling is like being hit across the face with a baseball bat. Grief. Shame. This weird irrational shame like I cursed this child by giving him these faulty genetics. I had to find a way. I had to find a way into his mind. I found it amazingly, through a horse. Betsy. When Rowan got up on Betsy with me, he began to talk, to let me into his world.
Rowan: He's a nice horse.
Rupert: so we began to ride everyday together and he began to talk more and more and I thought, you know, have I got it all wrong? Does autism have to mean the end of everything? I mean, when the diagnosis came it was as if our entire world shut down but was I looking at it the wrong way around? Could this not be the gateway to adventure? What if we were to take Rowan to a place where horses and healing go together? What if we were to do something like that?
Rupert's wife (smiling): When he first proposed the idea I just looked at him like this is crazy!
Professor Simon Baron-Cohen (Cambridge University): The idea that autism needs treatment is itself, quite controversial. Autism is more than just a medical condition. It's also, if you like, a personality type.
Dr. Kendal Stewart (Autism Treatment Specialist): The only way we're going to actually be able to cure these people is to be extremely openminded and be out of the box.
Dr. Temple Grandin (Autist, Animal Behaviorist): The first thing you can do, is just do nothing. Everybody in the field agrees on that.
Dale Rudin, Ph.D, Psychologist and Family Therapist: The family influences how a child views himself. So if a family comes to a place where they can accept that their child has autism and love the child their life is going to be much better.
Rupert: I am so proud of you.
I am also a fan of Temple Grandin and she has a short comment in the movie trailer.
http://horseboymovie.com/trailer.html
hear bells, drumming,chanting. Horses walking on a horizon. Rowan and Rupert on a horse with other horses in the background. Tribal doctor drumming over Rowan.
Voice of Rupert Isaacson:
In April, 2004, my son is diagnosed with Autism. The feeling is like being hit across the face with a baseball bat. Grief. Shame. This weird irrational shame like I cursed this child by giving him these faulty genetics. I had to find a way. I had to find a way into his mind. I found it amazingly, through a horse. Betsy. When Rowan got up on Betsy with me, he began to talk, to let me into his world.
Rowan: He's a nice horse.
Rupert: so we began to ride everyday together and he began to talk more and more and I thought, you know, have I got it all wrong? Does autism have to mean the end of everything? I mean, when the diagnosis came it was as if our entire world shut down but was I looking at it the wrong way around? Could this not be the gateway to adventure? What if we were to take Rowan to a place where horses and healing go together? What if we were to do something like that?
Rupert's wife (smiling): When he first proposed the idea I just looked at him like this is crazy!
Professor Simon Baron-Cohen (Cambridge University): The idea that autism needs treatment is itself, quite controversial. Autism is more than just a medical condition. It's also, if you like, a personality type.
Dr. Kendal Stewart (Autism Treatment Specialist): The only way we're going to actually be able to cure these people is to be extremely openminded and be out of the box.
Dr. Temple Grandin (Autist, Animal Behaviorist): The first thing you can do, is just do nothing. Everybody in the field agrees on that.
Dale Rudin, Ph.D, Psychologist and Family Therapist: The family influences how a child views himself. So if a family comes to a place where they can accept that their child has autism and love the child their life is going to be much better.
Rupert: I am so proud of you.
I hope it turns out to be helpful. I am looking forward to the movie. I wonder if his movie will be closed captioned. I saw he had a book on his website in the case that it's not.