A Plight of Autistic Adolescents

I’ve mentioned autism before here and here. It is a diagnosis that has been around for a several decades now. It is increasing in incidence or at least in being diagnosed. The latest I heard was 1 in 166 births – no small number. In terms of defining the...

the curious incident of the dog in the night-time

I very much enjoyed reading the curious incident of the dog in the night-time. The author, Mark Haddon, does a wonderful job convincing the reader that it is written by a 15 year-old developing with a form of autism. The difficulties of dealing with emotions, both...