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This is an animated short in which the dialogue is taken from an interview that a 12-year-old aspie did with his mother for the StoryCorps project:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO7sKVKMO2s

I wonder where the kid's accent came from. That's never explained in the video. His mom doesn't sound British at all.

It won a "best in show" award at the 2009 ASIFA-East Animation Festival:

http://www.asifaeast.com/2009AwardWinners.htm

Originally Posted by IContainMultitudes

I wonder where the kid's accent came from. That's never explained in the video. His mom doesn't sound British at all.

He sounds American to me. It's not Southern though, even though if you look closely at the credits, it came from Atlanta, Georgia. The mother is American from what I could tell or maybe Canadian. Can't tell from an Animation. Anyways... the clip is awesome! The boy is so bright and well optimistic about the world.

That child has a completly 'sunny' outlook in the animated clip,and coupled with the beautiful curiosity,woul become a scientist,or biologist. Is this based on an actual child? if so, that child is very intelligent!

Yes, he's a real child who interviewed his mother for the StoryCorps project.

http://storycorps.org/

Originally Posted by IContainMultitudes

Yes, he's a real child who interviewed his mother for the StoryCorps project.

http://storycorps.org/

That, I think is awesome! Do they plan on making more videos? I hope so, as people,including children old enough to understand this, need to watch,it would be uplifting for their spirits,especially if they were in the duldrums, and needed a bit of incouregement. This child is a good 'roll model'.