The Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Nighttime Autism

Have you ever wanted to stay away from people who have a mental disability? In the book, The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-time by Mark Haddon, Christopher has a serious condition of Asperger’s syndrome, but is still really intelligent. Autism can be beneficial to autistic people because it can help them be more confident and express themselves however they please. They understand the differences between them and others and they don’t allow people’s thoughts and opinions to sway them. An example of this would be they are creative with their thoughts, they like to challenge themselves, and they see each situation differently than the average human being.
Autism can be beneficial for autistic people because they are creative with their thoughts. They are unique for having thoughts that are different than others. In the book, The Curious Incident of The Dog in The
Christopher just found that Wellington was dead and killed. After a while, the policeman started asking questions, which make him not being able to process his answers and thoughts. At one point he stated, “The policeman looked at me for a while without speaking. Then he said, ‘I’m arresting you for assaulting a police officer.’ This made me feel a lot calmer because it is what policeman say on television and in films.” (Haddon 9). Normally in a desperate situation, people would be frantic since the police are going to arrest them. In Christopher’s case, however, getting arrested made him calm down and not to be afraid of the things piling up in his mind. He feels stressed by the questions, but by the fact that Christopher feels calm when he was being arrested is rather ironic and strange at the same time. Basically, this whole strange situation just proves that Christopher’s way of thinking of each situation is almost completely different from those who are perfectly