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

Y. L In short - yes, it did. It didn't take me long to figure out that there is a wide spectrum for the severity and response of a person when he/she has A…moreIn short - yes, it did. It didn't take me long to figure out that there is a wide spectrum for the severity and response of a person when he/she has Autism and to take Christopher's character/behaviour and to drape it over every other person diagnosed with Autism does not do the individual nor the disorder (but perhaps there is a better suited word that I cannot think of at the moment) any benefit. The book does however expose the difficulties of having Autism, and it definitely gives perspective on the need to be more empathetic and patient with Autistic individuals.

I do not think that being Autistic makes you "disabled" per se. It does hinder you from carrying out what other people might consider "normal every day activities" (some people are afraid of heights; or have stage-fright; or a lisp etc. and this affect their life decisions to an extent) but it should really be a prompt for society to treat each person accordingly rather than stereotype people into "normal" and "not normal" categories. Guilty of being a bit of an idealist (;(less)

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