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Scott Camazine teaches his son the word "roll" by offering a somersault as a reward.

In the Penn State Public Broadcasting (PSPB) documentary "Children With Autism: Time is Brain," Scott Camazine and his wife Susan Trainor describe the energy and resources required to help their son, Conor--diagnosed with autism at age 2--overcome the disorder. His parents started a home Applied Behavior Analysis program after doing their own research and talking with professionals.

"It's like a corporation," said Trainor. "Scott is the CEO working directly with Conor, and I am the CFO who concentrates on the human resources aspect."

The documentary title "Time is Brain" refers to how time is of the essence--between birth and age 3 is when brain development occurs the most and fastest. Conor's parents' hard work paid off.

"If you saw Conor in a room full of 10, or even three kids, you wouldn't know Conor had autism. I credit ABA 100 percent," said Camazine. "Almost everyone knows someone with autism, and so many of these kids are doing poorly. Our goal in doing the documentary was to get the message out that there are ways to deal with this disease."

PSPB aired the documentary in the spring and is distributing it nationally through Aquarius Health Care Videos. Producers Patty Satalia and Marie Hornbein plan to complete a whole body of work on autism, which will include a documentary on autism's impact on siblings, as well as one on older children with autism.

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