Beautiful Son

Detroit Docs International Film Festival October 29th-November 2nd Preview

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In 2003, Hawaii filmmakers Don and Julianne King realized something was wrong with their three-year-old don, Beau. Beau was loosing his ability to speak, play with other kids, and was becoming disconnected from the outside world. Determined to help Beau, his parents brought him to the best doctors in the U.S. and took along a video camera to document the results. Two months later, Beau was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Beautiful Son is the story of illness reaching epidemic proportion, now affecting one in 150 children. And, its the story of a grassroots movement of parents and doctors who are experimenting with alternative treatments and who are successfully recovering some kids from autism. These parents and doctors believe that vaccines, mercury and other toxins may be triggering some forms of autism and are demanding research be done to help their children.

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Film & Animation

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• Autism
• Detroit
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• Beautiful
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