EMOTIONAL, powerful and “a celebration of a remarkable young man” were some of the words used to describe the Connor Sparrowhawk film launched today.

A new 15-minute film The Tale of Laughing Boy launched by family and friends is a collation of home video footage and interviews aiming to show the real Connor after his death in 2013.

The autisitc teenager drowned in a bath having suffered an epileptic fit while in care at Slade House, Headington.

The short campaign film premiered on Thursday and tells his story. His mother Sara Ryan said: “It was nice, quite emotional and it is very powerful. They used home movies and photos, for a 15-minute film it has quite a lot in it.

“It is important because until some people, especially health and social care workers, see people as human beings, the film is about seeing Connor as a person.

We realised nothing is going to change until people like Connor are seen as fully human and family members.”

Oxford Digital Media produced the film for free with help from My Life My Choice and Oxford City Council also provided funding.

The family will continue to fight #justiceforLB and for a private members’ bill to make it harder for authorities to put people with learning disabilities in accommodation they don’t want to be in.