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The "A" Word

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The "A" Word	comment	A BBC television drama series focusing on a young boy named Joe Hughes who has recently been diagnosed as Autistic and how his family learn to accept it while dealing with other problems in their lives.Filmed mainly in the Lake District and parts of Manchester, the programme started in 2016 and spawned three series by the end of 2020 and a spin-off called Ralph and Katie in October 2022.It is based on an Israeli series called Yellow Peppers that ran from 2010 to 2014.
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The "A" Word / int_11ad560b	type	Control Freak
The "A" Word / int_11ad560b	comment	Control Freak: Alison, especially in Series 1, once her son is diagnosed with Autism.
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The "A" Word / int_1c79ae8c	type	Those Two Guys
The "A" Word / int_1c79ae8c	comment	Those Two Guys: Joe befriends two neurotypical boys at the school he attends in Series 1 and Alison invites them to a sleepover.
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The "A" Word / int_1e312453	type	Fantastic Ableism
The "A" Word / int_1e312453	comment	Fantastic Ableism: The Hughes' general attitude towards Joe (excluding Rebecca) being Autistic reeks of this in Series 1.
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The "A" Word / int_2ae29c0d	type	The Dreaded
The "A" Word / int_2ae29c0d	comment	The Dreaded: Alison's initial reaction to her son's Autism diagnosis is to treat it like this.
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The "A" Word / int_2de495bb	type	Missing Child
The "A" Word / int_2de495bb	comment	Missing Child: Joe runs away in the Series 1 finale after Maurice leaves him with Ralph.
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The "A" Word / int_363f94c9	type	Awful Truth
The "A" Word / int_363f94c9	comment	Awful Truth: This is how Alison and Paul Hughes treat and eventually react to the possibility and confirmation that their son is Autistic.
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The "A" Word / int_3c0a4666	type	Noodle Incident
The "A" Word / int_3c0a4666	comment	Joe's support worker Maya being deported in the penultimate episode of Series 1 and Alison's handling of the situation has a very negative effect on Joe's behaviour in school as implied by his teacher's description of an in-class Noodle Incident.
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The "A" Word / int_4781adbb	type	Jerk with a Heart of Gold
The "A" Word / int_4781adbb	comment	Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Latterly, both Alison and Maurice (and Nicola and Louise) are more obviously this. Nicola's boss Dr Graves also, although he's more like a Heart of rusted Bronze.
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The "A" Word / int_4b316d47	type	Break the Cutie
The "A" Word / int_4b316d47	comment	Break the Cutie: Joe goes into withdrawal mode or has a meltdown if he's not allowed to play music.
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The "A" Word / int_5beef860	type	Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
The "A" Word / int_5beef860	comment	Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Joe being Autistic is evidently what the Hughes' feared the most once he is diagnosed.
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The "A" Word / int_5ce2c9c6	type	Suddenly Shouting
The "A" Word / int_5ce2c9c6	comment	Suddenly Shouting: A common occurrence, given the series is about a dysfunctional family learning to accept they have a child on the Autism Spectrum.
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The "A" Word / int_72852a93	type	Henpecked Husband
The "A" Word / int_72852a93	comment	Henpecked Husband: Paul Hughes, infact feeling henpecked could apply to anyone in the series who isn't Alison or Joe.
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The "A" Word / int_91672d3e	type	Children Are Innocent
The "A" Word / int_91672d3e	comment	Children Are Innocent: Joe is only 5 at the start of the series.
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The "A" Word / int_973d220f	type	Never My Fault
The "A" Word / int_973d220f	comment	Never My Fault: This is Alison in a nutshell.
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The "A" Word / int_97ee273	type	Momma's Boy
The "A" Word / int_97ee273	comment	Momma's Boy: Joe, mainly because he's one of the few people his mother doesn't make a habit of harassing at every opportunity.
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The "A" Word / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
The "A" Word / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: The series kicks off with Joe walking down a country road unattended, singing along to music on his headphones and the family coming to retrieve him in their van, it soon becomes clear this is a trait of his Autism and it leads to him encountering a stranger in the 4th episode of Series 1 and running away and going missing in the Series 1 finale.
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The "A" Word / int_a90f0639	type	Entitled Bastard
The "A" Word / int_a90f0639	comment	Entitled Bastard: Alison in Series 1 as a result of Joe being Autistic.
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The "A" Word / int_b0bce7aa	type	Selective Obliviousness
The "A" Word / int_b0bce7aa	comment	Selective Obliviousness: It's possible the Hughes' had been taking this stance towards their son for sometime before his Autism diagnosis.
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The "A" Word / int_b489805d	type	Hollywood Autism
The "A" Word / int_b489805d	comment	Hollywood Autism: Whether this was intentional or not, Joe has an encyclopaedic knowledge of music, especially of the Pop genre.
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The "A" Word / int_b58c51d8	type	My Beloved Smother
The "A" Word / int_b58c51d8	comment	My Beloved Smother: This is Alison Hughes' general attitude towards her son.
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The "A" Word / int_bb18a227	type	It's All About Me
The "A" Word / int_bb18a227	comment	It's All About Me: Alison's attitude in Season 1 clearly demonstrates this as a result of Joe being Autistic.
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The "A" Word / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
The "A" Word / int_bc74ef27	comment	Berserk Button: Joe being prevented from listening to music. Alison's initial attitude towards her son being Autistic as she believes this is "labelling" him. Joe's support worker Maya being deported in the penultimate episode of Series 1 and Alison's handling of the situation has a very negative effect on Joe's behaviour in school as implied by his teacher's description of an in-class Noodle Incident.
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The "A" Word / int_c5249b29	type	Nice Guy
The "A" Word / int_c5249b29	comment	Nice Guy: Joe, Paul, Eddie, Mark, and Rebecca's friend Tom fit quite nicely into this. Also, Joe's friends, Bill, Ramesh and Alfie. And Ben, Alison's brief boyfriend in series 3. Ralph too.
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The "A" Word / int_dcd423d2	type	Affectionate Nickname
The "A" Word / int_dcd423d2	comment	Affectionate Nickname: Paul Hughes has a tendency to refer to his son as Mozart.
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The "A" Word / int_e6b5d22f	type	Catchphrase
The "A" Word / int_e6b5d22f	comment	Catchphrase: Joe tends to start sentences with "Hmmm, let me think...", especially when he's being asked a question.
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The "A" Word / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
The "A" Word / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	Jerkass: Alison borders on this sometimes. Maurice has his moments.
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The "A" Word / int_f19ff224	type	TheUNFavourite
The "A" Word / int_f19ff224	comment	The Un-Favourite: Joe's adolescent half-sister Rebecca. The Hughes' generally perceive Joe to be this in the eyes of his peers at school.
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The "A" Word / int_f769e261	type	Anything but That!
The "A" Word / int_f769e261	comment	Anything but That!: You can tell just by the Hughes' speech and facial expressions that they hope their son is not Autistic.
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The "A" Word / int_f8d24fbb	type	BigSisterInstinct
The "A" Word / int_f8d24fbb	comment	Big Sister Instinct: Rebecca to Joe.
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