Let Me Be Me

Let Me Be Me traces one family's journey raising a child with autism in the mid-1990s, amid the backdrop of a medical community struggling to find ways beyond behavior modification and even institutionalization to help. Jenifer and Jeff Westphal's middle child, Kyle, exhibited symptoms of autism at age three. His constant spinning and inability to make eye contact prompted his parents to examine a very specific approach to getting Kyle to engage. Adopting the specialized program and employing its techniques, the family and a team of support workers met Kyle on a level he was comfortable with to achieve astounding results. Today, Kyle's lifelong love for fabrics, which he used to hide under as a child, has given way to an education in and burgeoning career in fashion design.