What is autism?Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a range of complex neurodevelopment disorders, characterized by social impairments, communication difficulties, and restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped patterns of behavior. In the novel;,The Curious Incident of the dog and the night-time the main character Christopher has autism and the author of the novel does an outstanding job of portraying Christopher as an autistic child.
One aspect of autism that Haddon got both sides correct would be Christopher’s parents. Christopher’s father loves Christopher very much, and by Christopher’s definition “loving someone is helping them when they get into trouble, and looking after them, and telling them the truth, and Father looks after me when …show more content…
The way Haddon portrayed her was unfortunately very accurate; there are people who really don’t want to try or can’t be a proper mother.As one mother writing on healthtalk.org says “I mean I felt bad enough as it was because I didn’t know how to handle him, but then I thought ‘Well how would I know how to handle him? Babies aren’t born with instruction books and I didn’t know anyone with a child with Asperger 's”(Effect).The article from heathtalk.org shows how Haddon was right about Christopher’s mother; she never truly knew how to take care of him, so she gave up. Christopher’s father would never do anything like that to Christopher because he loves him more than life itself. Christopher’s father wasn’t always a perfect father though… he did lie to Christopher before and it ate him up that Christopher wouldn’t even talk to him anymore."Christopher, look. . . Things can 't go on like this. I don 't know about you, but this. . . this just hurts too much. You being in the house but refusing to talk to me. . . You have to learn to trust me. . . And I don 't care how long it takes. . . If it 's a minute one day and two minutes the next and three minutes the next and it takes years I don 't care. Because this is important. This is more important than anything else"(Haddon 219). Christopher’s father missed him so much, just not talking to …show more content…
If he doesn’t have anyone he will have a meltdown which no one can stop, not even Christopher. In “Diary of a Mom,” a mother of a child similar to Christopher explains,“An autistic meltdown is not a tantrum.One is about control.The other is a loss of control.One is about testing boundaries.The other is not feeling safe.One is an attempt to manipulate.The other is a cry for help”(Untitled). In the novel, Christopher was overwhelmed by the train station and if he had someone with him that could have helped him he would have been fine. Even when the policeman came over to help him, Christopher tells
One aspect of autism that Haddon got both sides correct would be Christopher’s parents. Christopher’s father loves Christopher very much, and by Christopher’s definition “loving someone is helping them when they get into trouble, and looking after them, and telling them the truth, and Father looks after me when …show more content…
The way Haddon portrayed her was unfortunately very accurate; there are people who really don’t want to try or can’t be a proper mother.As one mother writing on healthtalk.org says “I mean I felt bad enough as it was because I didn’t know how to handle him, but then I thought ‘Well how would I know how to handle him? Babies aren’t born with instruction books and I didn’t know anyone with a child with Asperger 's”(Effect).The article from heathtalk.org shows how Haddon was right about Christopher’s mother; she never truly knew how to take care of him, so she gave up. Christopher’s father would never do anything like that to Christopher because he loves him more than life itself. Christopher’s father wasn’t always a perfect father though… he did lie to Christopher before and it ate him up that Christopher wouldn’t even talk to him anymore."Christopher, look. . . Things can 't go on like this. I don 't know about you, but this. . . this just hurts too much. You being in the house but refusing to talk to me. . . You have to learn to trust me. . . And I don 't care how long it takes. . . If it 's a minute one day and two minutes the next and three minutes the next and it takes years I don 't care. Because this is important. This is more important than anything else"(Haddon 219). Christopher’s father missed him so much, just not talking to …show more content…
If he doesn’t have anyone he will have a meltdown which no one can stop, not even Christopher. In “Diary of a Mom,” a mother of a child similar to Christopher explains,“An autistic meltdown is not a tantrum.One is about control.The other is a loss of control.One is about testing boundaries.The other is not feeling safe.One is an attempt to manipulate.The other is a cry for help”(Untitled). In the novel, Christopher was overwhelmed by the train station and if he had someone with him that could have helped him he would have been fine. Even when the policeman came over to help him, Christopher tells