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ABC Afterschool Specials Season 16 Episodes
Season 16 Episode Guide
6 Episodes 1987 - 1988
Episode 1
Just a Regular Kid: An AIDS Story
Wed, Sep 9, 198760 mins
Teenaged boy discovers he has been afflicted with AIDS after a blood transfusion.
Episode 2
The Kid Who Wouldn't Quit: The Brad Silverman Story
Wed, Sep 23, 1987
True story about a teen with Down's Syndrome who begins attending college classes.
Episode 3
The Day My Kid Went Punk
Wed, Oct 21, 1987
A teen decides to become a punk rocker in order to stand out from the crowd.
Episode 4
Seasonal Differences
Wed, Dec 2, 198745 mins
The separation of church and state is examined when a Christmas Nativity scene being displayed at a high school sparks debate and protest from the student body.
Episode 5
Terrible Things My Mother Told Me
Wed, Jan 20, 1988
Julia is a bright high school girl has everything going for her. She makes good grades, is helping on making a movie, and very likable. Things may look good on the surface, but no one knows what goes on at home. Her mother constantly deals out emotional abuse to her for the smallest of infractions. For every "You're so stupid" and "I wish you were never born", the girl sinks into a deeper depression. After talking with one of her teachers, she must face her mother and confront where the problem really lies.
Episode 6
Daddy Can't Read
Wed, Mar 16, 198860 mins
Teenager Alison Watson is helping to promote a campaign to fight adult illiteracy in her town. Mr. Ruigh is teaching classes, and all the students are women. Alison's father Bill Watson works at a factory which will soon modernize, and workers will need to read and use computers on the job. Bill doesn't want his daughter pitching the literacy program to his workers, because he fears they will be targets of layoffs if supervisors realize they are illiterate.
