A young couple is overjoyed when they find out that, after having had two girls, the wife is pregnant again, and this time it will be a son. However, the boy turns out to autistic. Unhappy w... Read allA young couple is overjoyed when they find out that, after having had two girls, the wife is pregnant again, and this time it will be a son. However, the boy turns out to autistic. Unhappy with the diagnoses and treatments available, they decide to work out their own therapy prog... Read allA young couple is overjoyed when they find out that, after having had two girls, the wife is pregnant again, and this time it will be a son. However, the boy turns out to autistic. Unhappy with the diagnoses and treatments available, they decide to work out their own therapy program for their son.
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- Thea
- (as Missy Francis)
- Pediatrician
- (as Sean Griffin)
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I totally recommend the film to anyone interested in autism and other neurological dysfunctions. As well as to all softies. I remember it being clearly a television film - today it would probably be called a "Hallmark-type" of film. For me it was the first time to learn about autism, and I think it gave me quite the right impression - judging from what I know now. None of the easy labels so often given.
The beginning of the movie is probably the same story line as almost all of us families with kids with Autism have experienced. "Colic" crying baby, ear infections/various other viruses/illnesses, etc...my two boys were just like that, however, they were developing 'normally' until they did a dramatic regression, talking and eye contact, laughing and interacting, to what you seen Raun as in the movie. And yet, us parents don't have 'any scientific' proof of what happened to, or what is helping our kids.
Shame on the medical community for not improving the quality of care, or therapies to help our kids. I would have NEVER of guessed they have been using these terrible techniques for well over 30 years, THANKS to the makers of this movie, it needs to be shown MORE and MORE AND MORE!
there are many movies that I saw in School that I have made a point to find or see again.
Such as Rickie Ticky Tavie Bang the Drum Slowly Movies are for entertainment but also can be used as teaching tools
Raun's parents took him to several specialists and considered placing him in a full-time care facility until they discovered that many of these facilities suffered from poor sanitation or experimented with shock-treatment. The couple found this to be very frustrating and disappointing, often blaming themselves for their son's situation. Raun's mother laments, "When I was pregnant with the girls, I would continually ask God to make sure that they were healthy. When Raun was on the way, all I could think to ask was that we have a son."
Finally, the couple decided to develop their own therapy program for their son. With years of hard work, tremendous patience and a seemingly endless capacity for love, Raun's parents and sisters were able to help him find a way out of his autism, and become able to interact with other people in a more "normal" way.
It has been more than 20 years since "Son-Rise" appeared on television. But the moving story of a family's determination to help their son, continues to be an inspiration to me.
Obviously it was true. I never regarded it as a disease of the week film. I can still see the child banging his crib in the dark and spinning plastic lids. When they took the lid away from him, he rocked.
The cure was startling to say the least, but the movie followed that it worked. Whether or not it could, who knows? But from what we saw in the story, it seemed plausible. Then there was a relapse, complete and utter devastation. It was a compelling story, especially from the children involved. I believe one of the sisters was a recognizeable child actress, who went on to appear on Little House on the Prairie in its final years.
Did you know
- ConnectionsReferences Bien joué Matt Helm (1966)
- SoundtracksIs There Room In Your World For Me'
Words and Music by Gene Nelson and Paul Nelson
Sung by Debby Boone
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