'Autism' docu sheds light on disease, plight of family

January 22, 2007 The horror films on display at the Sundance Film Festival are nothing compared to every parent's fear that their child could be diagnosed with the mysterious developmental disability called autism. Hoping to shed light on what has become a national epidemic -- affecting one in every 166 children -- the documentary "Autism Every Day" premiered Sunday as a special screening at the festival. Executive produced by NBC Universal chairman and CEO Bob Wright and his wife Suzanne, the founders of Autism Speaks and the grandparents of an autistic child, "Autism" chronicles a day in the life of eight families with severely autistic children.

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