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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 182549" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>While waiting for ideas from Susie, have you read "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon? It's not a help book or anything, it's fiction, but written as if told by a fifteen-year-old boy with Asperger's, living in London. The author is NOT Aspie, but got it down so well, you really feel inside the boy's head but also have your non-Aspie perspective, which helps you see the wry humour in it where the main character cannot.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to have another try at getting difficult child 1 to read it; he's mature enough to really get a lot of the social stuff which the main character does not. I don't think difficult child 3 is up to it, though. Not that other kids his age might not be; it's just difficult child 3 and where HIS peculiarities happen to be. I think he would find it confusing.</p><p></p><p>A pediatrician allergist who was seeing difficult child 3 for a while recommended the book to me - she said she saw it at an airport bookstore and bought it to read on the flight, couldn't put it down and devoured it.</p><p></p><p>The book can really help you understand the odd, quirky mix of very high intelligence mixed with pure innocence, naivety and vulnerability. And like all good novels, the book progresses well as we see the main character deal with the challenges confronting him and tackling them by himself, learning how to manage his anxieties and achieve far more than anyone thought him capable of. He changes his own life in positive, unexpected ways as a result.</p><p></p><p>it IS fiction; but enlightening, uplifting but very real fiction. A good book to help a friend or family member really understand just how difficult it can be, for Aspies and their parents.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 182549, member: 1991"] While waiting for ideas from Susie, have you read "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon? It's not a help book or anything, it's fiction, but written as if told by a fifteen-year-old boy with Asperger's, living in London. The author is NOT Aspie, but got it down so well, you really feel inside the boy's head but also have your non-Aspie perspective, which helps you see the wry humour in it where the main character cannot. I'm going to have another try at getting difficult child 1 to read it; he's mature enough to really get a lot of the social stuff which the main character does not. I don't think difficult child 3 is up to it, though. Not that other kids his age might not be; it's just difficult child 3 and where HIS peculiarities happen to be. I think he would find it confusing. A pediatrician allergist who was seeing difficult child 3 for a while recommended the book to me - she said she saw it at an airport bookstore and bought it to read on the flight, couldn't put it down and devoured it. The book can really help you understand the odd, quirky mix of very high intelligence mixed with pure innocence, naivety and vulnerability. And like all good novels, the book progresses well as we see the main character deal with the challenges confronting him and tackling them by himself, learning how to manage his anxieties and achieve far more than anyone thought him capable of. He changes his own life in positive, unexpected ways as a result. it IS fiction; but enlightening, uplifting but very real fiction. A good book to help a friend or family member really understand just how difficult it can be, for Aspies and their parents. Marg [/QUOTE]
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