Tutt'altro che tipico

Wow. I have read The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time . I have read Rules , Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree , and I am halfway through Marcelo in the Real World . Books about characters who have autism have always intrigued me, and I loved every single one of the books I just mentioned. Leggi tutto

My confession is that as a father of two boys on the spectrum that I seem to be particularly hard on books about kids with autism. I think this seems on the surface ungenerous and working against the kind of solidarity one hopes for in the autism community. But here we go: I listened to this book an Leggi tutto

Okay, so I read this in High School a few years ago but....is the person who wrote actually Autistic, or just another neurotypical who thinks they know Autistic people better than Actually Autistic people? Because this story is just the stereotypical white boy that doesn't know how to interact with p Leggi tutto

"When I write, I can be heard. And known. But nobody has to look at me. Nobody has to see me at all." I love books which help me see with other people's eyes and hear with other people's ears. Imagine if you will the additional challenges faced daily by an autistic person, experiencing hypersensi

One Sentence Review: When I first read the book I felt relatively blase about it, but as time went on I looked back on the title and grew more and more impressed with what Raleigh was able to pull off.

kinda like wonder