MBC Special Documentary – Korea’s Autistic Family Adrift, 100 Day Project’ What changes will happen to the children? < Community < Text of article

[한국강사신문 이미숙 기자] Part 2 of the MBC special documentary , which MBC organized over two weeks to improve awareness of disabilities, will be broadcast on Saturday the 27th.

The documentary is a special program that sheds light on what it means to live as an autistic child and a family of an autistic child in Korea through the stories of autistic families who are clearly around us but are not visible. While Mr. Romance, famous as the producer of Disney+’s ‘Moving’, participated in the planning and production, the narration is being narrated by actress Kim Min-ha, who gained worldwide popularity through Apple TV+’s ‘Pachinko’, drawing attention.

“Our love is like pouring water into a bottomless pot.”

In Part 1, which aired on the 20th, the daily lives of five children with different autism spectrum conditions and their families were broadcast. A child who fractures three toes but does not express pain, a family that has no choice but to go into debt as they spend 2 to 3 million won a month for treatment, and a famous violinist mother who gave up the violin she had been playing for 26 years for her child. The stories of autism families with different stories are densely depicted, such as a father who missed the ‘golden time’ for treatment because he thought his child had the same problem because he was late in speaking, and a family where only one of the twins was developmentally different and was able to detect symptoms early. attracted the attention of

Part 2, ‘It Takes a Village to Raise a Child’, which will be aired on the 27th, is expected to feature a ‘100-day project’ with the country’s top experts for the education and treatment of children with autism. What changes will there be for children? While the results are attracting attention, this project adds not only treatment for children, but also time for exhausted parents, and even comforting the hearts of brothers who were forced to take a backseat because of their autistic younger brother, raising expectations.

Through , the production team expressed their infinite gratitude and support to the children and families who allowed them to appear, saying, “I hope you gain the strength to walk through the long and slow tunnel without feeling lonely.”

Part 2 of MBC’s special documentary , ‘It Takes a Village to Raise a Child’, will be broadcast at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday the 27th.