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While this book had a lot of interesting ideas about helping children with Autism, it seems to be a bit outdated for what I was looking for.
  
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MissCagey (2652 KP) rated The A Word in TV

Dec 27, 2017  
The A Word
The A Word
2017 | Drama
10
8.6 (11 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
The chemistry of the cast (1 more)
Balanced view of autism
Fantastic
I haven't seen Series 1. In fact I didn't realise there had been a prior series, so I watched this in isolation and I was none the wiser! This stood as a series on it's own. Now, I have no personal experience of autism so I don't know whether the portrayal is accurate but I found it really interesting. At the beginning the parents seem to have a solid marriage and appear to be coping well with their son's autism but as the series progresses you find out that all is not as it seems and at least one of them is struggling. This series could have sugar coated the affect of autism on a family but it didn't and that is to it's credit.
All the characters are memorable and I loved how their lives intertwined.