-
Disney Characters Help Boy With Autism Find His Voice
Ron and Cornelia Suskind had just moved to Washington, D.C., with their two young children when their 2-year-old son, Owen, suddenly stopped speaking.He went from saying “I love you,” “Let’s get ice cream,” or, “Where are my ninja turtles?” to one word: “juice.”The Suskinds searched for answers as their once fun-loving and chatty son continued drifting farther away — no longer speaking or making eye contact.His father, a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former Wall Street Journal reporter, and his mother, also a journalist, searched relentlessly for answers. After dozens of doctors’ appointments and meetings with specialists, the Suskinds finally had a diagnosis: autism.Like many children with regressive autism, Owen appeared…