Meet Ben. As a toddler, he was extremely talkative. But when he turned three, things started to change. Ben lost the ability to speak out loud and was left trapped inside his body. How do you find your voice when no one can hear you?

“Throwback Thursday” is a series that explores the truth that lives beneath our childhood memories. In this docuseries, adults take a look back at their younger years. What begins as a trip down memory lane, ends in a heart-opening examination of what was really going on behind the trapper keepers and the bubble yum.

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