Stephen Hawking once said, “My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn’t prevent you doing well, and don’t regret the things it interferes with. Don’t be disabled in spirit as well as physically.” Stephen Hawking is one of the smartest humans in the world and also has ALS. ALS is a debilitating disease that has no known cure, but Hawking doesn’t let that stop him. Christopher in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime also has somewhat of a disability, Christopher's spectrum disorder creates a roadblock by making it harder for him to communicate with others and benefits him by increasing his intellect in math.
Christopher’s spectrum disorder creates a roadblock that makes it harder for him to communicate with other people. Mark Haddon wrote, “And I was sitting on the ground and the woman knelt down on one knee and she said, ’Is there anything I can do to help you?’ And if she was a teacher at school I could have said, ‘Where is 451c Chapter Road, Willesden, London NW2 5NG?’ but she was a stranger, so I said, ‘Stand further away,’ because I didn't like her being so …show more content…
I got Siobhan to draw lots of these faces and then write down next to them exactly what they meant. I kept the piece of paper in my pocket and took it out when I didn't understand what someone was saying. But it was very difficult to decide which of the diagrams was most like the face they were making because people's faces move very quickly,” (Haddon 4). Christopher has trouble deciphering other people's emotions because he takes everything so literally, to help him Siobhan gave him drawings to help him understand other people. Christopher told Siobhan that he would take the picture out and put it next to the other person's facial expressions, this creates a roadblock for Christopher by making it harder for Christopher to be social with other people because he can not understand other people are
Christopher’s spectrum disorder creates a roadblock that makes it harder for him to communicate with other people. Mark Haddon wrote, “And I was sitting on the ground and the woman knelt down on one knee and she said, ’Is there anything I can do to help you?’ And if she was a teacher at school I could have said, ‘Where is 451c Chapter Road, Willesden, London NW2 5NG?’ but she was a stranger, so I said, ‘Stand further away,’ because I didn't like her being so …show more content…
I got Siobhan to draw lots of these faces and then write down next to them exactly what they meant. I kept the piece of paper in my pocket and took it out when I didn't understand what someone was saying. But it was very difficult to decide which of the diagrams was most like the face they were making because people's faces move very quickly,” (Haddon 4). Christopher has trouble deciphering other people's emotions because he takes everything so literally, to help him Siobhan gave him drawings to help him understand other people. Christopher told Siobhan that he would take the picture out and put it next to the other person's facial expressions, this creates a roadblock for Christopher by making it harder for Christopher to be social with other people because he can not understand other people are