Joe Hughes

Joe Hughes is the protagonist of television series The A Word. He is portrayed by actor Max Vento.

Charming and funny, Joe is a boy who makes eye contact, doesn’t seem unhappy or distressed, has a love of music but is on the autistic spectrum nevertheless.

Biography
Joe was born to Alison and Paul Hughes

Personality
Joe has significant problems processing and expressing emotion, has difficulties expressing and understanding language, and uses his vast knowledge of pop music as a way of appearing social while successfully keeping the world at bay.

Joe has created his own self-contained idyll living in the Lake District, but things begin to change when school starts and he obtains an autism diagnosis.

Series 1

 * Episode 1.1
 * Episode 1.2
 * Episode 1.3
 * Episode 1.4
 * Episode 1.5
 * Episode 1.6

Series 2

 * Episode 2.1
 * Episode 2.2
 * Episode 2.3
 * Episode 2.4
 * Episode 2.5
 * Episode 2.6