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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time


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Login to find out (April 16, 2006 at 5:29pm)
Loved this book, it was such a great concept.
 
Login to find out (April 13, 2006 at 8:19am)
Hmmm..not entirely sure it was Asperger's he had. I thought the dysfunction with Asperger's was mild enough to allow normal everyday functioning. It is rumored within medical circles that Bill Gates has Asperger's.

Then again, it is an entire 'spectrum' or disorders and he was pretty intelligent. It depends I'm sure.
 
Login to find out (April 13, 2006 at 7:33am)
I really enjoyed it and raced through it. Was fascinating to see the everyday through the eyes of someone with Asperger's Syndrome. I'd definitely recommend it
 
Login to find out (April 12, 2006 at 3:30pm)
Yeah, I agree, it was not a quick, but a fast read! I see quite a few autistic kids in my practice, and this gave me sort-of theirs...though not entirely, bec Mark Haddon, the writer WORKS with such kids, so he can only guess at what is happeneing...One of my favorite autistic patients knows all the Presidents of the US and their vice Presidents and if you just ask "so who was the 22nd VP of the U", not only will he give you the name, but where h was born etc and what political party he belonged too....some of them are really fascinating....no wonder they are called "idiot savants"...not a PC term for sure!
 
Login to find out (April 11, 2006 at 4:50am)
it made me feel guilty how i was treatin some of my kids....8/10...
 
Login to find out (April 9, 2006 at 4:26am)
Quick read, interesting and funny. Good if you are curious about alternative perceptions - as it is the penultimate challenge - understanding events and ideas from an autistic child's view point. He has his extremely gifted moments, and then he has his frustratingly eloquent moments of helplessness.

It deals with what an illness or disorder does to a family and an attempt at how emotions work through a person who cannot really recognise emotions.

May help those girls out there trying to decipher men in general.

*Ouch!*
 
Login to find out (April 8, 2006 at 6:45am)
was good. but flowers for algernon was better.
 
Login to find out (April 7, 2006 at 11:48am)
Thanks for the advice and the rating of 8/10! We picked this for our book club....I'll get it this weekend, I'A.
 
Login to find out (April 7, 2006 at 5:14am)
8 sounds about right.
 
Login to find out (April 6, 2006 at 11:21pm)
I keep being drawn to it at B& N but have yet to plunk the cash down for it. to help me prioritize, where would you guys put it on a scale of 1-10, 10 being best?
 
Login to find out (April 6, 2006 at 8:36am)
It was a good and easy read. Something similar (in terms of humour) is my current read 'A short History of Tractors in Ukranian' by Marina Lewycka.
 
Login to find out (April 5, 2006 at 9:35pm)
I really liked this book. It's been a while since i read it but it was definitely worth picking up.
 
Login to find out (April 5, 2006 at 9:04pm)
It was a short read, but really enjoyable. It was fun and it was different as it was through a very different perspective than the norm, that of an austic child. The ending was kinda meh overall for me though.