A disabled boy turns playground bullies into friends. | Animated Short Film "Ian"

Daily reminder: You're not useless. You're not a dissapointment. You're not dumb. You're not different. You're not compared to anyone. Because... You're loved. You're strong. You're smart. You're beautiful inside and out. You're the best version of YOU there ever is. and you're human. I know you're going through a lot of stuff right now but it'll be okay. This life is a long journey. In a journey, there are ups and downs. If you ever go down, it doesn't mean you can't go back up. Rest easy and give yourself a treat :) I love you very very much and I just want you to know that.And when you go back up, you have that space in your heart that can help others back up, as well

I think, at times, we ALL feel like we're on the other side of the fence looking in. A very inspiring short and beautifully made. A world without fences/borders and filled with love and compassion. Will humanity EVER attain such a lofty goal? It deserves any and all awards given! Thanks for sharing it with us!.

I think that iron fence between the boy and other friends is the wall that exists in real life between normal students and disabled students. And this short film may tells us that the wall can be removed if everyone works together for disabled people. :)

“A disabled boy” bro can fly and tear himself apart without being injured

Respect to this guy for never giving up ❤

this shows you that you need to except people for who they are. Plus... im crying now

First thought: kid becomes friends with bully’s and bully’s become nice Second thought: kid starts to bully people with other bully’s

Got tears in my eyes. This is beautiful.

This is glorious, and I love it. The metaphor of the fence, and going to pieces like that, it's both very creative and very emotional. The fact that it's based on a real child's life just gives it that much more of a punch.

This was so beautiful I was mad at the lady she should have played with him but yessss he made friends 🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️

In my mind, being unable to walk should never be able to hold anyone back. People with mobility issues can be capable of amazing things.

I have 5 words for the 7 billion people on Earth. Why is this video underrated

This is an inspiring story for many disabled people around the world, even if others will laugh at you, you keep going, and get back up, and pretty soo, you will get friends, and you're days of loneliness are over. This is truelly the best story I've ever seen.

Beautifully written !!!! I loved this so much!! The power of LOVE!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤

Beautiful story of determination to forge through to the other side of discriminating against those who are a little different. What a true warriors heart Ian had, he was no different to the other children, he just had a little extra to deal with, which he did beautifully 💙 Ian also carried the greatest gift of all within himself LOVE AND ACCEPTANCE 🕊👼🏻🕊

The ending is beautiful. Thank you for making this animation. Made me tear up.

As an adult with a number of autoimmune diseases caused by the HLA-B27 gene, this is so painfully accurate of what your world is like. As a child, maybe you have a better chance, socially, but if a rheumatological and/or neurological problem doesn't afflict you until you're an adult... it's like people stop understanding. "When will you be better?" I've been asked. I've literally had to say, "it's a CHRONIC health condition. It's lifelong." One friend told me, "ohhhh, don't claim that!" Uhhhhhh... that's my objective reality. Denying it trying to use some sort of Law of Attraction mumbo-jumbo is not suddenly going alter my reality. Oh, and the friend starting to talk to me about my illness, getting distracted by someone else, and then forgetting our conversation was also some that actually happened to me. I don't know, perhaps it's just my life. I had a circle of fairweather friends who abandoned me during a very dark time. Part of that dark time was the onset of my many comorbid diagnoses, the first one being fibromyalgia. I've had a hard time finding new social circles since I can't seem to find a church that suits me. It very hard not to cry watching this. I saw "disabled" in the title, saw the little boy's skin was made up of a binch of mosaic pieces... I knew I had to watch this. The mosaic tiles people was a BRILLIANT design choice. Suuuuuuuch a perfect aesthetic to illustrate neurological and rheumatological illness. I have Sjögren's syndrome, which is a demyelinating disease, and INSTANTLY connected with the boy having a tremor and difficulty holding his cup. 😢 Phenomenal little film. This is one of the best portrayals of chronic illness I've ever seen. 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

I love it! It’s always easy to give in to feeling ashamed of something you can’t change instead of reaching out to the people hurting you and realizing how much strength you really have.

Amazing and beautiful!! Very emotional. I loved the music too.

My whole school bullied me along with he teachers from 3rd all the way to the 6th they made my life miserable all because I had autism and I didn’t like the same things others did so it went on nonstop for years I would go home and cry my self to sleep cause of how hard it was to make friends. My mom went to the school everyday and threatened to sue and they didn’t care everyone in my family cried for me it was really hard for but as soon I got to 7th grade things got easier for for me I was able to go back to my normal self (I broke a kids 3 years prior cause I was tired and had a lot of pent up anger from those 5 years of hell and my biological father abused me on top of that when I went to stay with him as it was for something else but I assure you my life is better now