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An intensely personal yet an epic spiritual journey, this documentary follows one Texas couple and their autistic son as they trek on horseback through Outer Mongolia in a desperate attempt to treat his condition with shamanic healing. When 2-year-old Rowan was diagnosed with autism, Rupert Isaacson, a writer and former horse trainer, and his wife, Kristin Neff, a psychology professor, sought the best possible medical care for their son — but traditional therapies had little effect.

The Horse Boy played at the 2009 Heartland Film Festival in the Closing Night Event.

Sample Discussion Guide Questions:

Did The Horse Boy change your perspective about what autism is and how it impacts people? In what way?

In the film, Dr. Simon Baron Cohen makes a point to say that we don’t want to live without autism, but that we need to accept it and learn to live with it to a certain extent. Dr. Temple Grandin, an autist, who was also interviewed in the film, says that she would not have wanted to live without her autism because of the focus it has brought to her life and career. What are some other conditions that people live with that, like autism, have benefits that some people might overlook?

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