Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - KGO - 20140311:08:51:00
>> we're going to have to become animated characters. there is no other way to talk to him. we began basement sessions where we would go in the basement in the evenings and play out movies. he turned his favorite movies into a language. >> reporter: owen is 22, even this documentary called "animating owen" and he and his father still use the same language they created so long ago. >> ow! >> ow! >> geez, what was that for. >> reporter: owen's dad says other parents have had success with the so-called disney therapy but he thinks the larger lesson is to look for the unique passion in each autist...