Autism: The Musical

For six months, a film crew documented how Hollywood acting coach Elaine Hall worked with a group of autistic children and their families to create a live musical.

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Story Created: Jun 28, 2011 at 11:40 AM AKDT

Story Updated: Jun 28, 2011 at 11:40 AM AKDT

Autistic kids can do a lot more than they can't, including singing, dancing, and warming your heart. And now, Autism: The Musical shows all of that and more.

 
For six months, a film crew documented how Hollywood acting coach Elaine Hall worked with a group of autistic children and their families to create a live musical.
 
Hall says the idea for the musical came from her own autistic son. 
 
“If he needed to spin, we'd spin together and we'd make it ring around the rosies. We had actors and singers and dancers joining my son 10 hours a day, seven days a week, until he emerged into our world—that was my inspiration,” said Hall.
 
When the acting coach realized how well the approach worked for her own son Neal, she hoped it could work for other children with disabilities. 
 
Elaine hall has also written a book called, "Now I See the Moon" about her experiences working with autistic children. 
 
Autism: The Musical showed at the Bear Tooth Theater on Sunday, June 26 at 3:10 p.m.
 
The movie's makers were on hand after the movie for a question and answer session.

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