A young autistic boy with a rare brittle-bone disease transforms everyone around him with his unique joyous, funny and life-affirming world views.
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00:00Are you sure that that's the right hat for your first day?
00:06Don't be a goober, Daddy-O.
00:07Jester is the best one.
00:09It's the Mountain Dew Code Red of Hats.
00:12The colors, the way it moves and jiggles,
00:14and the chicks dig it.
00:16Oh, do they?
00:19I'm Austin.
00:20Richard Austin Lorette.
00:22Welcome back, everybody!
00:23I have a condition called osteogenesis imperfecta.
00:27Austin!
00:28It basically means my bones break easily.
00:30I'm Batman!
00:32Wow!
00:33You are a remarkable kid, Austin.
00:36Oh, yeah! I also have autism.
00:38Autism presents itself in many different ways.
00:42It's a class for kids with special needs.
00:44She said they think that it's time that it's only going to get worse.
00:47Onwards to Austin!
00:49I think his brain's on another planet.
00:51Nope, my brain is right here in my head on Earth.
00:56This is not what I thought it was going to be like.
00:58I feel like I'm failing every day,
01:00and the harder I try, the worse I do.
01:03On command, please!
01:05That's great, buddy. Oh, no, no!
01:06You've given up so much for this family,
01:08and you have never stopped fighting for us.
01:11You think you're weak, but you're not.
01:13You're unbelievably strong.
01:14Austin is lucky to have you for his mom.
01:17Check out my sweet new board.
01:18Why are you such a jerk, man? Give it back!
01:20No, but you can borrow some time.
01:22Why do you even want to be friends with him?
01:24Because he's sad.
01:28He does better when he's around kids of all kinds,
01:30and he learns from them, and I think they learn from him, too.
01:34Would you hug me, my brother?
01:36It's an honor being your brother.
01:37This is the best day of my life!
01:40Sometimes it's annoying, but it's mostly an honor.
01:45I wish I could enjoy anything as much as my son enjoys everything.
01:54Because Austin, every day can be the best day,
01:56every moment the best moment.
02:01You just have to be able to see it.