Rachael/Curious Incident Reply

  Rachael/Curious Incident Reply         Respond to the fellow classmate's forum response as if you are a classmate givin" rel="nofollow">ing you positive/negative opin" rel="nofollow">inions/views of their post- Use the uploaded 'example' of a response to guide you- Their in" rel="nofollow">instructions for their post from the professor are in" rel="nofollow">in the followin" rel="nofollow">ing parenthesis: ‘Curious Incident“ “From the book The Cuious Incident of the Dog in" rel="nofollow">in the Night -Time, How does the main" rel="nofollow">in character Christopher meet the criteria for diagnosis of Autism? What challenges does he face in" rel="nofollow">in the story? How would you describe his strengths and weaknesses? What suprises you about him? His family?‘ Peer Student's Post for Critique by Rachael/Forum: l was excited to read The Cuious Incident of the Dog in" rel="nofollow">in the Night Time! I read this book in" rel="nofollow">in high school and enjoyed it, and it was really in" rel="nofollow">interestin" rel="nofollow">ing to look at it again" rel="nofollow">in approximately ten years later and see what new in" rel="nofollow">insights I could develop from it- Though the author Mark Haddon never officially labels Christopher, the main" rel="nofollow">in character, as autistic, his thoughts and behavior defin" rel="nofollow">initely suggest that he does experience some form of autism- Autism is a developmental disability that affects communication and social in" rel="nofollow">interaction, often characterized by repetitive activities, resistance to environmental change, and unusual responses to sensory experiences (Friend, M-, 2005)- There is evidence within" rel="nofollow">in the book that Christopher fits these characteristics- He has difficulty understandin" rel="nofollow">ing nonverbal behaviors, such as facial expressions that his teacher Siobhan crew for him (p-2)- He also has issues understandin" rel="nofollow">ing or reciprocatin" rel="nofollow">ing emotions, like at the begin" rel="nofollow">innin" rel="nofollow">ing of the novel when he cannot understand why Mrs- Shears is yellin" rel="nofollow">ing after discoverin" rel="nofollow">ing that her dog is dead (p-3)- He is not comfortable developin" rel="nofollow">ing peer relationships- His language, portrayed by Haddon in" rel="nofollow">in stream-of- consciousness style, demonstrates his impairments in" rel="nofollow">in communication and language- His in" rel="nofollow">interactions with other people also show his discomfort with communication, such as du'in" rel="nofollow">ing the police in" rel="nofollow">interview on p-4- Christopher also exhibits symptoms of autism related to his behavior and in" rel="nofollow">interests- For example, he labels all of his chapters with only prime numbers and will not eat foods that have touched each other (p21)-   Lookin" rel="nofollow">ing at the DSM-lV-TR Criteria for Autism Disorder, there is more than enough evidence in" rel="nofollow">in the book that Christopher could be diagnosed with Autism- I thought Haddon's portrayal of Christopher‘s reality was extremely in" rel="nofollow">insightful- So often society stereotypes those on the Autism spectrum as unable to feel or connect or completely unreasonable and illogical- Haddon showed that Christopher did have feelin" rel="nofollow">ings and thoughts that made sense to him, even if they do not make sense to others. He is in" rel="nofollow">intelligent, has excellent memory, and does very well in" rel="nofollow">in mathematics at school. Yet his issues with communication, failu'e to establish relationships, and difficulty understandin" rel="nofollow">ing and regulatin" rel="nofollow">ing emotion caused him significant difficulties- Ultimately, the greatest strength of The Cuious Incident is that it allows readers to connect and understand someone with autism in" rel="nofollow">in a way that we may never be able to do in" rel="nofollow">in real life- He let us see beyond the disability to see the complete person-