© 2025 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved. July 3, 2025 What Elio can help teach us about eye patching, stigma and the developing brain Rebecca Willis, University of Oxford; Betina Ip, University of Oxford, and Megan Groombridge, University of Oxford Eye patches aren’t just for pirates and villains. In Elio, Disney/Pixar introduces a young hero with a patch – and breaks old stereotypes in the process.
