Miracle Run

Faster than a speeding bullet,

more powerful than a locomotive,

able to leap tall buildings in a single bound,

Superman!

Superman.

Lois, what are you doing here?

Oh, just getting a woman's angle on this story.

The mechanical monster, look out!

What have you done with the jewels?

What have you done with the jewels?

Cold.

Oh, Steven, that's beautiful.

Almost time to go, guys.

Just on more step and she's doomed.

One more step and she's doomed.

This new doctor's very nice.

I think you guys'll like her.

Doctor Stein to radiation oncology, please.

Doctor Stein to radiation oncology.

Hello, Miss Morgan, I'm Dr. Patrick.

- Hey. - Hi.

Hi, guys.

Can you tell me what your name is?

And where do you live?

You live up there?

Miss Morgan, do they make any sounds at all?

Philip can repeat things verbatim,

but never speaks on his own.

Steven, no.

- No? - No.

What does that mean?

Too soon to tell, but it means they're capable of speech.

At least he is.

It means the equipment works anyway.

Let's go into my office, okay?

I've been to see half a dozen doctors,

they all say the same thing.

Boys develop slower than girls,

twins sometimes develop their own language,

be glad your boys are healthy, they'll come around.

Well, why don't we bring them on down

and this shouldn't take more than an hour, okay?

The equipment works anyway.

That it does.

Pay attention to how he lines up the blocks.

See what happens when you try and take a turn.

This one at least appears to respond

to verbal cues from the mother

and he's a pretty good mimic.

Full word formation and intonation.

Miss Morgan?

Yeah?

Why don't you join us?

Come on in.

You can have a seat right here.

Well, it is a rather remarkable find.

A find?

Fraternal twins with autism.

I'm sorry, did you say autistic?

They both exhibit unusual gaze behavior

and odd social affect.

We noted obvious sensory issues,

hyperacusis, for example.

Philip uses immediate echolalia.

He repeats what he hears.

They don't display stereotypical motor patterns,

but the signs of cognitive development

that we observed are good prognostic indicators.

Autism is a brain disorder that effects

social interaction and communication skills.

No.

No.

No, no!

I said no.

No!

No!

No, no, no, no, this is unacceptable.

I'm so sorry.

Shh, no!

Oh, I'm sorry.

Sir, I'm so sorry.

Shh, shh, shh.

I'll clean it up, I'm cleaning it up.

I'm so...

You should control your children.

Hold this.

Let's go.

Let's go!

Corrine?

Hun?

Hey.

Oh, you're early.

Well, your message was kind of weird.

The boys have a meltdown?

No, I did.

I took them to see Dr. Patrick today.

They're autistic.

They have autism.

God.

I don't know what to do.

I tried all those doctors.

They'll never get better.

It'll never go away, they'll never

have normal lives.

Neither will we.

Not even close.

I see.

This isn't fair.

I fell in love with you.

I didn't sign up for this.

Autistic boys and...

Oh, no, you're right, you didn't.

It's not fair and you didn't sign up for it.

After all, you're not their father, are you?

I can't do it, Corrine.

I just need to be honest with you.

I'm sorry.

One more day

In the sun

You're gonna be a pop star someday.

Go on, Steven, go on.

Okay, come on, get inside.

So you see, when you're adding E

on to the end of some words, it will change the vowel sound.

It will change from a short vowel,

a short A like in cap, to a long A in cape.

And that's what these little symbols mean.

It's the little curly-Q hat on the A

when it's a short A, cap.

And a straight line over the long A, cape.

Oh, is this your classroom?

Mm-hmm, I have a hall pass.

I went to the bathroom.

Oh.

Do you know Philip and Steven?

Philip and Steven?

They're really weird.

You can do it with people's names.

Sam.

Sam has a short A, put an E on the end and it's same.

Hey.

Hey.

I took a little money out,

just what I had when we met, I'll need it.

Don't worry about it.

I've got it.

You sure this is what you want?

Don't act like you're not relieved.

You know that's not fair.

I was honest with you, Corrine,

would you have preferred it otherwise?

I'd prefer it if...

The boys are out there,

do you want to say goodbye or something?

Uh, nevermind.

It might upset them.

Bye.

Okay, come on.

Okay, this is gonna be our new home for a little while.

All right?

I'm scared, too.

We're gonna be all right, fellas.

Good afternoon, good afternoon.

Ho-ho, so you're looking for a place to live?

Well, look no further, friend, look no further!

Hoo, I got such a good place for you.

How much?