Emma's background is slightly troubled, she grew up on
a nice council estate in Kent, however it wasn't a privileged upbringing,
certainly nothing compared to her wealth now. She worked hard and relentlessly
through her late teens and twenties, now age 36 she holds a top position in a
central London management company. She's head of international
communications and speaks several languages, this is how she initially got the
job.
Somehow Emma managed to continue working and evolving,
thanks to the help of her parents with childcare. Aged 5, Jack was diagnosed
with mild-high autism, a form that means he is highly intellectual in some
areas but in others has a mind of someone several years younger than him.
Now they live together in a substantial suburban house
in Greater London, the house is a large, typically middle class house. The
house is modern, newly designed and a statement of Emma's wealth and success.
Jack attends a local school, getting Jack settled here
was one of the hardest things Emma's had to do, she had to stay with him in the
classroom well into the first few lessons, every morning for nearly 6 months.
Now Jack is relatively settled but cannot really be
left alone, Emma often has to deal with fits or outbursts that he has. She
struggles greatly trying to balance him and work now that he is older, her
parents are frailer and less able to help with looking after him. She employs a
nanny but Jack doesn't like her very much. There's little connection between
them and she has a lot to learn about Jack's habits, likes and dislikes.
Outbursts and situations like the one we experience in
our Short Film occur weekly and are testing Emma to her limit.
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