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From: Bren MacDibble <brenmacd>
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:44:32 +1000
My son, who has Aspergers, couldn't get into this book at all even tho the obsessiveness and mathmatical ability are similar to his behaviours. His little brother however, understood it all perfectly.
I think it has to do with my elder son's need for social order. People need to behave the way they're supposed to behave in order for him to tolerate them. If they do weird things and are unpredictable, they annoy him. He's currently annoyed with most of the Grade 7 and 8 boys... it's a difficult age. My younger son has grown up working around the foibles of his eccentric brother and is happy to read from the point of view of a high functioning autistic child.
A friend's child who has far bigger problems coping with his Aspergers symptoms loved the book, however. This boy is more socially inclined towards peers than my son so perhaps there is a degree of empathy that he feels for the main character.
Bren.
----- Original Message ----- From: <WriterYV at aol.com> To: <CEJones at rrlib.net>; <ccbc-net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 8:37 AM Subject: [CCBC-Net] Mark Haddon/The Curious Incident of the Dog in theNight-time
> It was my understanding that the author Mark Haddon was not autistic, but
> worked in a school with autistic children.
>
> Yvonne Ventresca
>
Received on Wed 18 Oct 2006 02:44:32 AM CDT
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 17:44:32 +1000
My son, who has Aspergers, couldn't get into this book at all even tho the obsessiveness and mathmatical ability are similar to his behaviours. His little brother however, understood it all perfectly.
I think it has to do with my elder son's need for social order. People need to behave the way they're supposed to behave in order for him to tolerate them. If they do weird things and are unpredictable, they annoy him. He's currently annoyed with most of the Grade 7 and 8 boys... it's a difficult age. My younger son has grown up working around the foibles of his eccentric brother and is happy to read from the point of view of a high functioning autistic child.
A friend's child who has far bigger problems coping with his Aspergers symptoms loved the book, however. This boy is more socially inclined towards peers than my son so perhaps there is a degree of empathy that he feels for the main character.
Bren.
----- Original Message ----- From: <WriterYV at aol.com> To: <CEJones at rrlib.net>; <ccbc-net at ccbc.ad.education.wisc.edu> Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 8:37 AM Subject: [CCBC-Net] Mark Haddon/The Curious Incident of the Dog in theNight-time
> It was my understanding that the author Mark Haddon was not autistic, but
> worked in a school with autistic children.
>
> Yvonne Ventresca
>
Received on Wed 18 Oct 2006 02:44:32 AM CDT
