Easter Seals Disability Services

A Scene from "Horse Boy" » 1:45 Watch a scene from the new documentary "The Horse Boy," about a couple from Texas and their autistic son and they trek on horseback through outer Mongolia in an attempt to find healing for their son. Video courtesy of Zeitgeist Films. "The Horse Boy," directed by Mr. Isaacson and Michel Orion Scott, and opening in New York on Sept. 30, is travelogue of sorts. In 2004, Mr. Isaacson and Ms. Neff's 2½-year-old son Rowan was diagnosed with autism, a neurological disorder now diagnosed in one out of every 150 children according to the Centers for Disease Control. As Rowan grew, he got worse, as autistics generally do: In homemade footage, Rowan is shown becoming a volatile child whose only place of peace, his parents find, is on a horse...more »