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Boy with autism writes film screenplay based on favorite books

Keaton Bicknell, 11, who has autism, is determined to become a screenwriter. So he received permission from the author of his favorite children's books to turn her work into a script, and with the help of his father, who is in the film business, and his 13-year-old sister, Keaton hoped to shoot the 15- to 20-minute film this past weekend.

First Coast News-WTLV-TV/WJXX-TV (Jacksonville, Fla.) | 01/09

This story published in CEC SmartBrief on 01/13/2009

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