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Did this book make you guys think about autism and mental health in the world?

Kerri The book is inaccurate to what mental health issues are like in the real world. It perpetuates stereo types of autistic people. People with autism don…moreThe book is inaccurate to what mental health issues are like in the real world. It perpetuates stereo types of autistic people. People with autism don't have jumbled thoughts like the protagonist does in the story. They just have trouble communicating their thoughts. Also an autistic boy wouldn't just randomly hit a police men, he would display signs of aggression first or curl up in a ball. In addition to this people with autism do not generally have random infatuations with random things such as prime numbers. They may have one core interest that is all they can think about, but they don't just like prime numbers for no reason. I don't know how much experience the author has with people with mental health issues but In my opinion the books representation thus far has been inaccurate. (less)

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ashes ➷ Yeah, this book was super gross....
Oct 15, 2015 06:02PM · flag

Anouck Just because a book portrays *a characte with autism* a certain way doesn't mean Hammond is saying 'all autistic people are like this'. You could lite ...more
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