Rauch Brothers Animation is working in collaboration with StoryCorps to put many of the StoryCorps interviews onto the screen and creating a series of animated short films. Q & A is one of these films.
In February 2006, 12-year-old Joshua Littman interviewed his mother Sarah at StoryCorps. Joshua has Asperger’s Syndrome, a form of autism. Kids with Asperger’s have a tough time socially, and can have obsessions— for Joshua, it’s animals. Most StoryCorps participants use a list of suggested questions, but Joshua wrote his own. The conversation they provoked covered everything from cockroaches to Sarah’s feelings about him as a son.
Above is only a snippet of the film. Having worked with autistic kids for many years, I look forward to seeing the short in its entirety.
Previously on BC:
Teaching Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Link
