If you didn’t know, Delaware Liberal is supporting the Autism Walk. In lieu of that I came across a pretty darn good book”
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
It was written through the lens of an autistic 15 year old. It added a completely new perspective regarding the thought process of an autistic person. The book was written at about a 4th grade level so even FSP readers should be able to enjoy it.
The basic premise of the book is Christopher is “detecting who killed Mrs. Shears dog.” Christopher is raised alone by his father and you learn in the beginning of the book his mom had passed away. The trials and tribulations Christopher experiences while doing his “detecting” take you on a whirlwind of emotions. I gained deeper insight into why autistic people groan, moan, don’t like to be touched and do their own thing sometimes.
And the real man I am, I can even admit that I teared up at the end. Being a divorced dad that co parented alone for 6 years following my divorce I can somewhat (I stress somewhat) understand what it must have been like for the father to have to raise his own autistic son alone.
3 Pizza’s with no cheese. Christopher didn’t like anything yellow. He loves red.
