pic: The A Word, S02E01
Joe's mom:
So, first off, thanks, thanks to you and your kids for, for doing your best to understand him - or at least trying to, and for putting up with some of the things he does that are a bit... Well, just out of the ordinary.
I know he can be distracting and, from what I hear these days, upsetting to some of your children.
I get that the roof and the head banging are new and they are hard to deal with.
other parent:
And the running out the classroom.
Joe's mom:
Yep, that too, yep. But I'm not apologising for Joe.
I know there are a lot of good reasons for him to be here.
other parent:
Nobody minds him being here at all.
Joe's mom:
OK, well, another way of thinking about that is that it's good for your children to have him here.
For them to be around a child that's different, that has a different way of looking at the world, that communicates differently, that doesn't much care about, you know, Sats or peer group approval or, God help us, football cards.
That's a privilege.
So I reckon with the right level of support and the right attitude, this school should do all right by children like Joe and be a better school for having him.
other parent:
Thanks, Alison. That's lovely, but can we get to specifics? About Joe.
And his behaviour.
And what we can do about it.
Joe's mom:
We could. But we'd be wasting our time.
Because, well, Joe's not going to be coming here for very much longer.
We're going to find a school for him that's a bit more specialist.
It's not going to be easy. But that's what we're going to do.
school staff:
I don't understand. When did you decide this?
Joe's mom:
When we realised that we were getting more out of the idea of him being integrated than he was.
school staff:
So what's this all about? I thought you were going to reassure the parents.
Joe's mom:
I am reassuring the parents.
About the next child like Joe that comes here.
And the one after that...
《The A Word》與《Speechless》都是以家人發現並開始面對家中自閉症兒童為主題的劇集,前者由英國 BBC 電視台播映,後者則是美國的 ABC 電視台,兩部皆於 2016 年推出,目前均已播出兩季。 兩部同時期、同主題的劇集,《The A Word》觸動我較深的情感。 在表現手法上,美版放入較多常見的喜劇元素,但我反而在看集數較少(一季六集)的英版時較常感受幽默而笑出聲。 #又是黑色幽默比歡樂喜劇取悅我
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