Swim Team Page #2

Synopsis: SWIM TEAM chronicles the overwhelming struggles and extraordinary triumphs of 3 young athletes with autism and shows how a swim team can bring hope to a community.
Director(s): Lara Stolman
Production: Woodland Park Productions
  5 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
8.2
Metacritic:
72
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
Year:
2016
90 min
$4,024
Website
128 Views


to get a bag like that.

Okay? You know, that's my goal.

I want everybody

to look uniform.

I want everybody to have

the same of everything.

There's three competitions

that we do.

The first is called the Area.

Then the Sectional is bigger,

and then you have the big daddy,

which is the summer games.

That's the entire state

of New Jersey.

You're giving kids

an opportunity.

I mean, I see the...

Michael wouldn't have had

the opportunity

if it wasn't for my wife and any

other people that got involved.

There would be no opportunity.

Underwater, I sound like a

fish, like, really fast and all.

And I come up like

a dolphin or a seal.

And I go fast like a whale.

See you!

Robert.

So I have a timeline up here.

So you can go over the millions,

and you can name four lines

with your ruler, in green,

and each represents

200,000 years.

Okay. So let's take

a look at 2.4.

Where would that be located

if we're looking

at a million years ago?

-It's right here.

-Well, here's your 2.

-Yeah.

-So we're going back

in time, so 2 million.

And each one is how much?

-Four.

-Well, 2, right?

-Well, yeah.

-So this is 2.2.

-Two-point... Yeah.

-Two, right?

-Yeah.

-Then 2-point...

-Three?

-No. Each one is 2.

-2.4?

-We have to fight every step

of the way to get the services

that we needed for Michael...

Speech therapy,

occupational therapy,

physical therapy,

a trained aide.

We had to hire an advocate.

Everything has a cost,

and it's a big cost,

but, you know,

we do what we have to do.

You know, we borrowed money.

You know, I even told

my husband,

"If we have to sell the house,

we'll sell the house."

Do we even need

to go over that far?

-No.

-No.

So you can put a line pretty

close to that tick mark there.

He's a senior now.

He's graduating from

high school in a few months,

but he's not ready for college.

Right?

And we don't know

if he can get a job.

He was about 21/2,

2, 21/2 years old.

He just stopped talking.

He went from trying to say,

"Mom" and "Dad,"

not to saying anything, and then

loved to be alone after that,

always liked to be alone.

Just started lining toys up,

animals up, cars,

but the main thing was animals.

He would line everything up,

and if you moved it,

he would know exactly

that something was missing.

When I was a little kid, my

favorite animals were elephants.

Now my favorite

animals now are apes.

I got this elephant

from Puerto Rico

when I was little

and this little Chihuahua

named Cookie.

I used to play

with my little sister.

This little Dalmatian

with a green shirt.

This Dalmatian was my cousin's,

and his name was Poochie

because, you know, dog, pooch.

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