Despite being packed with information, dictionaries receive scant attention these days. You look up a word to check its spelling or definition, maybe skim its etymology, and then return to what you ...

By Isaac Feldberg Globe Correspondent,July 10, 2016, 10:00 p.m. Max Vento plays a 5-year-old diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in “The A Word.”Rory Mulvey/Sundance TV ...