The Horse Boy Saturday at SIFF
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posted 03/26/10 05:44 PM | updated 03/26/10 05:44 PM
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Free Screening of The Horse Boy Saturday at SIFF

By Michael van Baker
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If you were interested by our story about girls and autism earlier today, you might be interested in catching The Horse Boy, which shows Saturday at 1 p.m. at SIFF Cinema. It's a free screening, brought to you by ITVS Community Cinema Seattle, and they suggest you RSVP to us@communitycinemaseattle.org to guarantee you'll have a seat.

The Horse Boy is the story of Rowan, who was diagnosed with autism as a two-year-old, in 2004. It's also the story of how his father discovered his son bonded with their horse Betsy (what, you haven't heard of horse therapy?), and how--more incredibly--this led to a trip to Mongolia for more horses and shamanic healing.

The New York Times did a round-up of autism's talking heads to decide if this meant autistic kids should be shipped off to Mongolia en masse. The verdict? Horses are cool. Shamanic soul-retrieval...well, it's not CBT.

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