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Product Description Narrated by Oscar winner Kate Winslet and directed by Oscar nominee Fridrik Thor Fridriksson, this inspiring film follows one woman's quest to unlock her autistic son's mind. Margret, whose ten-year-old son Keli is severely autistic, has tried a number of treatments to help her son. Consumed by an unquenchable thirst for knowledge about this mysterious and complex condition, she travels from her home in Iceland to the United States and Europe, meeting with top autism experts and advocates. She also connects with several other families touched by autism, whose struggles echo her own: The endless doctor visits and experiments with different treatments, the complication of doing everyday tasks, and the inability to communicate - perhaps the most painful and frustrating aspect of autism. But as she comes across innovative new therapies with the potential to break down the walls of autism, Margret finds hope that her son may be able to express himself on a level she never thought possible. Review A Mother's Courage does not sugarcoat autism, or celebrate it, or cure it. The movie's strength lies in that it shows the heart-wrenching reality of what families have to go through to get assessments, diagnosis and advice; it shows the reality of the pain parents feel when their bubbly, verbal child regresses and becomes autistic. This film is a good resource for promoting community awareness that families can share with their relatives and neighbors. They will gain a better understanding of what families effected by autism go through every day. --Author Chantal Sicile-Kira (41 Things To Know About Autism) on Huffington Post
I saw most of this show on TV and went directly to Amazon to see when the video would be available. This is a definite need-to-see experience. What an experience! This takes you to the center of the storm that is autism. I know nothing and have experienced very little contact with this difficulty. I don't care who you are, if you have made it to this review, if you are loving to see your children learn, you need this film. If you are even remotely thinking of home schooling your child for any reason, you need this film. Watch this therapist work with these children and young adults, it's an inspiration for all of us. It give hope like a beacon to anyone in relationship with children. These parents come from from the brink of despair to an elation that you get to share with them. They have dealt with the "expert medical" community that offered them no hope or direction. Alas, a broken system, world wide. It shouts loud at us about how different each of us learn. (when I see how we subject our children to the government learning system and require them to perform--and I look at the miracle of learning that is taking place with these wonderful people, we all need to take a big step back and reconsider our teaching/learning system) These are just children, a lot like yours and mine. (here we have a 50% drop out rate in our schools that possibly speaks to the fact that we are not teaching in a manner where learning can happen) Maybe there are even more autistic children out there than we are aware of, and we are shoving them through this broken system. Here are these children who have LEARNED just being in proximity to love, consistency and opportunity. This persistence needs to infuse us all. The speed of learning, the body language, the encouragement to try, feeding the excitement of accomplishment. These children are here with us to teach us about how we all learn! We need to listen to them. What a gift. Thank God for "A mother's courage"A Mother's Courage: Talking Back to Autism.
