在一个字斯科特的家人谁的工作和爱情，争取像其他家庭的故事。然后，他们最小的儿子被诊断患有自闭症，他们不觉得像其他家庭了。他们意识到，如果他们的儿子是不断去沟通，他们将不得不学习如何沟通自己。这是关于父母和童年，是什么感觉有谁不适合模具孩子一个有趣和发人深省的系列。

　　The A Word is the story of the Scott family who work and love and fight like every other family. Then their youngest son is diagnosed with autism and they don’t feel like every other family anymore. They realise that if their son is ever going to communicate, they are going to have to learn how to communicate themselves. It’s a funny and thought-provoking series about parenthood and childhood and what it’s like to have a child who doesn't fit the mould.