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understanding of the problems facing the central character‚ Christopher‚ due to Asperger’s Syndrome. The novel “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time” by Mark Haddon is a very unique novel. It is unique in many ways as it’s written through the eyes of someone with Aspegers Syndrome and this condition is explored throughout the novel. The novel is about a fifteen year old boy called Christopher who has Aspegers Syndrome. This condition doesn’t allow him to understand things the way people without
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who can find anything he is in search of while improvising along the way. He can make something out of virtually nothing and is a known for being a genius‚ but no one knows that he suffers from schizoid personality disorder as well as Asperger’s syndrome. In both movies and books‚ Holmes displays many signs of both diagnoses. Sherlock Holmes is a very witty‚ charming‚ highly intelligent‚ perceptive to detail‚ and an extremely observant man. He is a very imaginative man and is able to concentrate
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to very high functioning. The autistic spectrum includes various sub-conditions or variations of autism. Asperger Syndrome – Although and features of Autism and Asperger Syndrome are the same‚ those with Asperger Syndrome have average or above average intelligence and no obvious delay in developing language. It is the lack of language delay that is seen as the key feature of Asperger Syndrome. People with autism but are above average intelligence but were
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disorder are often thought of as "little professors who can ’t understand social cues." This leaves a wide gap between people with autism and the rest of the world. Although the word is not mentioned in the book‚ Christopher does suffer from Asperger ’s syndrome‚ which is an autistic spectrum disorder. This means that Christopher expresses himself in a simple and straightforward way and cannot understand common modes of signaling. For example‚ he says “I find people confusing. This is for two main
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the crime because all the evidence point to him. One of the main point in the story is how the lawyer uses expert testimony to try to convince the jury member and the judge that Jacob cannot have had committed the crime due to having asperger syndrome. One of the symptom of having AS is the need to follow the rules not because it morally right but because their brain can’t comprehend going against a rule. The lawyer uses this example of how someone who has AS think
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime is a 2003 novel written by the British author Mark Haddon. It won the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year‚ and the Commonwealth Writers’’ Prize for best first book. Christopher‚ fifteen-year-old boy with behavioral problems‚ lives with his father in Swindon‚ England. His mother has been dead for over 2 years. He discovers the dead body of Wellington‚ the neighbor’s dog‚ speared by a garden fork‚ and Christopher
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the way you took him to the police station under false accusations and without contacting me‚ his father. It is against the law to take underaged children to the police station without contacting their parents or guardian. My son suffers from Aspergers syndrome and has many ‘pet peeves’. For one for thing he strongly dislikes it‚ when people touch him. This is why he reacted the way he did‚ when your officer went to grab his arm. This is because he is very sensitive and any sort of touch hurts and
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social interaction and communication‚ as well as restricted and repetitive behavior. It is part of a larger family called the autism spectrum disorders (ASD) or pervasive developmental disorders (PDD)‚ which include closely related syndromes such as Asperger syndrome and PDD-NOS.[5][6] This article uses autism to denote the classic autistic disorder and ASD to denote the wider family.
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neurological studies seem to indicate a dysfunction in the brain as a possible reason. Autism has been found in children with brain abnormalities such as congenital rubella syndrome‚ neurofibromatosis‚ and tuberous sclerosis (“Autism Fact Sheet”). Autism can also be present in genetic syndromes such as the Fragile X syndrome and phenylketonuria (“Autism Fact Sheet”). Autism affects the normal development of the brain in the areas of social interaction and communication skills. Children and adults
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