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Summary:

In 1994, Ruffin White was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder; his case was so severe that his neurologist predicted that he would never speak, hold a job, or be able to live independently. With scant professional resources available in Ruffin's rural Iowa town, his single mother, Mary Jane White, was forced to be creative in order to get Ruffin treatment, even recruiting the local community to assist in Applied Behavior Analysis therapy, an evidence-based behavioral therapy focused on the science of learning and behavior. Today, Ruffin is about to graduate from UCSD with a PhD in Robotics. RECOVERING RUFFIN is a documentary short that chronicles Ruffin's "recovery" from Autism while lending credence to the axiom "It takes a village to raise a child.

Contributors:

Krauland, Katy , film director, film producer

Wood, Kelby , film producer, director of photography, editor of moving image work

White, Ruffin , on-screen participant

White, Mary Jane , on-screen participant

Kung, Evelyn , on-screen participant

Strayhorn Films (Firm) , production company, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prn

Good Docs (Firm) , distributor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/dst

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Closed captioning available.

Subjects:

White, Ruffin

White, Mary Jane

Autism spectrum disorders

Autistic children — Iowa

Behavior modification

Autistic children

Iowa

Genres:

Internet videos

Documentary films

Nonfiction films

Short films

Online media

System Details:

Digital format: System requirements: Adobe Flash or equivalent.

Performers:

Featuring Ruffin White, Mary Jane White, Evelyn Kung.

Production Credits:

Filmed and edited by Kelby Wood ; original music by John Piscitello.

General Notes:

Streaming media.
Restricted to the University of North Texas System.
Originally produced by: Strayhorn Films, ©2020.
Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed October 01, 2021).
Public performance rights included.
Institutional Streaming Licenses permit screening on the Unified Campus to a group only when no admission is charged and there is no advertising outside the learning community.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (15 min.)) : sound, color

Audio Characteristics:

digital

Digital Characteristics:

video file

Call Numbers:

Online Video

Other Standard Numbers:

Publisher Number, Docuseek2: gd-rr

OCLC Numbers:

1276815390

Other Control Numbers:

[Unknown Type]: doc00002096