and cornelia begins to cry. saying, "he's still in there." >> reporter: ron is convinced day, and he's like, "and you're probably not going to like this. have a seat. we call this echolalia." "is that what i think it means?" he's like, "kind of. echo." and i'm like, "you mean like a parrot." he's like, "kind of." >> reporter: and the doctor seems prophetic. over the next three years, owen barely speaks. but then he defies the medical predictions. and owen is 6. >> we were cleaning up, and walt was hanging out in the backyard, and kind of down in the dumps. >> and owen follows us into the kitchen. and he says, "walter doesn't want to grow up like mowgli or peter pan." and then off he runs. it was like a thunderbolt went through the kitchen. cornelia's like, "well, what is that? what just happened?" able to verbalize that to us? it was enormous. you know, it was a -- it was a complete changing of the telescope, really. >> he's using these movies to interpret our world, the bigger world. so at that point, we just a

and cornelia begins to cry. saying, "he's still in there." >> reporter: ron is convinced his vanished boy is re-emerging. >> we go to the doctor the next day, and he's like, "and you're probably not going to like this. have a seat. we call this echolalia." "is that what i think it means?" he's like, "kind of. echo." and i'm like, "you mean like a parrot." he's like, "kind of." >> reporter: and the doctor seems prophetic. over the next three years, owen barely speaks. but then he defies the medical predictions. it is walter's ninth birthday and owen is 6. >> we were cleaning up, and walt was hanging out in the backyard, and kind of down in the dumps. >> and owen follows us into the kitchen. and he says, "walter doesn't want to grow up like mowgli or peter pan." and then off he runs. it was like a thunderbolt went through the kitchen. cornelia's like, "well, what is that? what just happened?" >> what did he just say? you know, he actually noticed something about walter and he is able to verbalize that to us? it wa

and cornelia begins to cry. saying, "he's still in there." >> reporter: ron is convinced his vanished boy is re-emerging. day, and he's like, "and you're probably not going to like this. have a seat. we call this echolalia." "is that what i think it means?" he's like, "kind of. echo." and i'm like, "you mean like a parrot." he's like, "kind of." >> reporter: and the doctor seems prophetic. over the next three years, owen barely speaks. but then he defies the medical predictions. it is wa and owen is 6. >> we were cleaning up, and walt was hanging out in the backyard, and kind of down in the dumps. >> and owen follows us into the kitchen. and he says, "walter doesn't want to grow up like mowgli or peter pan." and then off he runs. it was like a thunderbolt went through the kitchen. cornelia's like, "well, what is that? what just happened?" >> what did he just say? something about walter and he is able to verbalize that to us? it was enormous. you know, it was a -- it was a complete changing of the telescope, real

and cornelia begins to cry. saying, "he's still in there." >> reporter: ron is convinced day, and he's like, "and you're probably not going to like this. have a seat. we call this echolalia." "is that what i think it means?" he's like, "kind of. echo." and i'm like, "you mean like a parrot." he's like, "kind of." >> reporter: and the doctor seems prophetic. over the next three years, owen barely speaks. but then he defies the medical predictions. it is walter's ninth birthday and owen is 6. >> we were cleaning up, and walt was hanging out in the backyard, and kind of down in the dumps. >> and owen follows us into the kitchen. and he says, "walter doesn't want to grow up like mowgli or peter pan." and then off he runs. it was like a thunderbolt went through the kitchen. cornelia's like, "well, what is that? what just happened?" you know, he actually noticed something about walter and he is able to verbalize that to us? it was enormous. you know, it was a -- it was a complete changing of the telescope, really. >>

i need to let him walk from me to cornelia. i remember kneeling down next to owen and saying, "hey, buddy." i said, "just walk like you used to walk." and then i let go of him. and, you know, he just weaves down the hall. >> i remember literally holding him in a bear hug and thinking, "i'm just going to hold you so tight and love you so much that whatever is going on will go away." >> and then the doctor sits us down, and she says, "let me explain this to you. this is called autism." >> we didn't hear anything she >> it's 1994. we know what everyone knows at that point. we know "rain man." >> it's 1987 >> "you're tel >> "you're telling me my son is like dustin hoffman in that movie? that can't be." and her response is, "maybe, maybe not. many of them never get their speech back. >> we just couldn't possibly comprehend that this could be owen, and this could be his future. >> we're looking at that video like we're looking for clu >> reporter: walt, three years older than owen, is baffled by the change in his brother. >> all of a

and cornelia begins to cry. saying, "he's still in there." >> reporter: ron is convinced his vanished boy is re-emerging. day, and he's like, "and you're probably not going to like this. have a seat. we call this echolalia." "is that what i think it means?" he's like, "kind of. echo." and i'm like, "you mean like a parrot." he's like, "kind of." >> reporter: and the doctor seems prophetic. over the next three years, owen barely speaks. but then he defies the medical predictions. it is walter's ninth birthday and owen is 6. >> we were cleaning up, and walt was hanging out in the backyard, and kind of down in the dumps. >> and owen follows us into the kitchen. and he says, "walter doesn't want to grow up like mowgli or peter pan." and then off he runs. it was like a thunderbolt went through the kitchen. cornelia's like, "well, what is that? what just happened?" >> what did he just say? you know, he actually noticed it was enormous. you know, it was a -- it was a complete changing of the telescope, really. >> he's

and cornelia begins to cry. saying, "he's still in there." >> reporter: ron is convinced >> we go to the doctor the next day, and he's like, "and you're probably not going to like this. have a seat. we call this echolalia." "is that what i think it means?" he's like, "kind of. echo." and i'm like, "you mean like a parrot." he's like, "kind of." >> reporter: and the doctor seems prophetic. over the next three years, owen barely speaks. but then he defies the medical predictions. and owen is 6. >> we were cleaning up, and walt was hanging out in the backyard, and kind of down in the dumps. >> and owen follows us into the kitchen. and he says, "walter doesn't want to grow up like mowgli or peter pan." and then off he runs. it was like a thunderbolt went through the kitchen. cornelia's like, "well, what is that? what just happened?" you know, he actually noticed something about walter and he is able to verbalize that to us? it was enormous. you know, it was a -- it was a complete changing of the telescope, really. >

i need to let him walk from me to cornelia. i remember kneeling down next to owen and saying, "hey, buddy." i said, "just walk like you used to walk." and then i let go of him. and, you know, he just weaves down thel. >> i remember literally holding him in a bear hug and thinking, "i'm just going to hold you so tight and love you so much that whatever is going on will go away." >> and then the doctor sits us down, and she says, "let me explain this to you. this is called autism." >> we didn't hear anything she said after she said that word. >> it's 1994. we know what everyone knows at we know "rain man." >> it's 1987 -- >> "you're telling me my son is like dustin hoffman in that movie? that can't be." and her response is, "maybe, maybe not. many of them never get their speech back. >> we just couldn't possibly comprehend that this could be owen, and this could be his future. >> we're looking at that video like we're looking for clues to a kidnapping. where did he go? older than owen, is baffled by the change in his brother. >>

and cornelia begins to cry. saying, "he's still in there." >> reporter: ron is convinced day, and he's like, "and you're probably not going to like this. have a seat. we call this echolalia." "is that what i think it means?" he's like, "kind of. echo." and i'm like, "you mean like a parrot." he's like, "kind of." >> reporter: and the doctor seems prophetic. over the next three years, owen barely speaks. but then he defies the medical predictions. it is walter's ninth birthday and owen is 6. >> we were cleaning up, and walt was hanging out in the backyard, and kind of down in the dumps. >> and owen follows us into the kitchen. and he says, "walter doesn't want to grow up like mowgli or peter pan." and then off he runs. it was like a thunderbolt went through the kitchen. cornelia's like, "well, what is that? what just happened?" something about walter and he is able to verbalize that to us? it was enormous. you know, it was a -- it was a complete changing of the telescope, really. >> he's using these movies to int

and cornelia begins to cry. saying, "he's still in there." >> we go to the doctor the next day, and he's like, "and you're probably not going to like this. have a seat. we call this echolalia." "is that what i think it means?" he's like, "kind of. echo." and i'm like, "you mean like a parrot." he's like, "kind of." >> reporter: and the doctor seems prophetic. over the next three years, owen barely speaks. but then he defies the medical predictions. it is walter's ninth birthday and owen is 6. >> we were cleaning up, and walt was hanging out in the backyard, and kind of down in the dumps. >> and owen follows us into the kitchen. and he says, "walter doesn't want to grow up like mowgli or peter pan." and then off he runs. it was like a thunderbolt went through the kitchen. cornelia's like, "well, what is that? what just happened?" you know, he actually noticed something about walter and he is able to verbalize that to us? it was enormous. you know, it was a -- it was a complete changing of the telescope, really. >

and cornelia and i sat in the car and said, "oh, wow." that moment of release. and exhilaration and terror at -- all at the same time. >> reporter: afterwards, the documentary cameras keep like most nights, owen picks a movie to watch. on the first night of his independence, he chooses "bambi." >> hunters are in the forest chasing bambi and his mother. and his mother gets shot. >> i didn't see that until i was sitting in an audience at sundance at the premiere. so there i am sitting with 800 people around me, and i'm seeing the -- owen's first night on his own, and the movie that he chose, and i -- it just blew my mind. >> i think he chose bambi because he was losing his mother. that really tore my heart out. >> reporter: 28-year old walt also surprises his mother, caretaker of his younger brother. >> it will be just be me and i'll be ready. i've been getting ready my whole life. but it can be overwhelming to think about. it can keep you up at night. >> those were feelings that walter never shared with us, never. it's very hard for us to hear, but it's true. >>

and cornelia and i sat in the car and said, "oh, wow." that moment of release. and exhilaration and terror at -- all at the same time. >> reporter: afterwards, the documentary cameras keep rolling. like most nights, owen picks a movie to watch. on the first night of his independence, he chooses "bambi." >> hunters are in the forest chasing bambi and his mother. and his mother gets shot. >> i didn't see that until i was sitting in an audience at sundance at the premiere. so there i am sitting with 800 people around me, and i'm seeing the -- owen's first night on his own, d the movie that he chose, and i -- it just blew my mind. >> i think he chose bambi because he was losing his mother. that really tore my heart out. >> reporter: 28-year old walt also surprises his mother, revealing his deepest feelings about becoming the future caretaker of his younger brother. >> it will be just be me and i'll be ready. i've been getting ready my whole life. but it can be overwhelming to think about. it can keep you up at night. >> those were feelings that walter never shared w

. >> cornelia says something isn't right with owen. he's not talking and then a doctor sits us down and says let me explain this to you. this is called autism. >> reporter: over the next few years owen barely speaks. his only comfort disney movies and then a breakthrough on walter's 1th birthday. owen is 6. >> he says walter doesn't want to grow up like mowgli or peter pan. >> what did he just say? >> he's use the movies to interpret our world, the bigger world, and so cornelia and i basically get phds in disney. >> we were jumping into his language and his world rather than trying to bring him out to where we were. >> reporter: ron decides to share owen's story in the book "life animated" you in a film by roger ross williams. >> owen was about to go through this really transformative year of his life, so i was going to follow owen and hit these moments in his life that are universal. >> fascinating. you can watch a special "20/20" "finding owen, a boy's story" tonight at 10:00 right here on abc 7 and don't miss "abc 7 news at 11:00."

cornelia had- aunt the good sense to marry money. she married a guest family. a great iron and steel family. they have lots of money. she was reliable. if young winston wrote her a letter, she would write back in a close a nice sum of money with that letter. on later in went life to give him money for his parliamentary expenses. in 1921 when he bought a rolls-royce and it didn't really meet expectations she brought it , back. she took it off in three months after he bought it. had only a 10% discount off of list price. i could have added others. i could have added the woman who signed herself the deputy mother, lady wilson who always enclosed two pounds. everys $300 today, with letter she wrote him. i could've included clara. the duchess who tended to take her son's side and administer stern lectures to winston. quarter, it has to go to women in the middle. about who we have been hearing. i endorse everything that was said earlier. she was a star. she is not necessarily a financial role model, it has to be said. rather the reverse. she is highly extravagant, ha

oklahoma called for trump as you see 66% pennsylvania cornelia and then again this is very early redolent called for hillary kron4news-dot-com all the results as the command at your leisure looked at the results on the web cast his vote for the election. and he brought along his four- legged friend. he has been urging voters to vote no on propostion-53. the decision could greatly impact his plans for two massive projects on california infrastructure. it would require the state to get voter approval before launching any building projects that needs 2-billion-dollars or more in revenue bonds. brown says it would make it more difficult to approve projects.like his plans to divert water to southern california.and to buld a high- speed rail. san francisco - >> steve: california voters are casting ballots on a measure that could decide the fate of two of gov. jerry brown's legacy projects. proposition 53, on tuesday's ballot, will require the state to get voters' approval before launching any building project that needs $2 billion or more in revenue bonds. if approved, it will most immediately

cornelia in cottonwood, idaho, republican. caller: basically, i take it that your guest, andra, is a hillary supporter, and she kind of inferred that donald trump is racist. i do not believe that. i think the democratic party's policies and their platform is racist and so is hillary clinton. if you really go to investigate hillary clinton and her past, she was given the award, margaret sanger award, by the pro-choice people, and she lauded margaret sanger and said that her work was not done -- margaret sanger was the worst racist, one of the worst racists this country has ever seen. she wanted black people to be eliminated, and that is one of the reasons she was a founder of planned parenthood. planned parenthood puts abortion clinics in black neighborhoods. and even president johnson of the democratic party said if we give the blacks welfare, we will have their vote for the next 200 years. host: ok, let's take your point. professor gillespie? here, it is role more as a political scientist, so i try to keep my partisan and opi

cornelia in caller: good morning. is ae it your guest hillary supporter. and she kind of inferred that donald trump is racist. i do not believe that. there is what i think. i think the democratic party policies and their platform is racist. so was hillary clinton. if you go to investigate hillary clinton and her past, she was given the award, the margaret sanger award by the pro-choice people. sanger andmargaret said her work was not done. margaret sanger was the worst racist, one of the worst racists this country has ever seen. she wanted black people to be eliminated. that is one of the reasons she was a founder of planned parenthood. planned parenthood puts abortion clinics in black neighborhoods. even president johnson of the democratic party said if we give the blacks welfare, we will have their vote for the next 200 years. host: professor gillespie? here i'm my role taking the role of a political scientist and an analyst role. i try to leave my partisan politic -- partisan views to the s -- side. they try to find white african americans vote democrat

cornelia in caller: good morning. is ae it your guest hillary supporter. and she kind of inferred that donald trump is racist. i do not believe that. there is what i think. i think the democratic party policies and their platform is racist. so was hillary clinton. if you go to investigate hillary clinton and her past, she was given the award, the margaret sanger award by the pro-choice people. sanger andmargaret said her work was not done. margaret sanger was the worst racist, one of the worst racists this country has ever seen. she wanted black people to be eliminated. that is one of the reasons she was a founder of planned parenthood. planned parenthood puts abortion clinics in black neighborhoods. even president johnson of the democratic party said if we give the blacks welfare, we will have their vote for the next 200 years. host: professor gillespie? here i'm my role taking the role of a political scientist and an analyst role. i try to leave my partisan politic -- partisan views to the s -- side. they try to find white african americans vote democrat