![]() ![]() This may not have been the first fiction piece written on Asperger’s, but I believe it was the first novel to achieve widespread notice. Mark Haddon also admitted on a blog post that he did not do any research on autism, which is why there has been so much criticism towards the book. His journey in looking for the dog’s murderer soon becomes a search for his mother.Įven though this novel does not directly reference autism, the book’s back cover originally described Christopher as someone with Asperger’s. As he becomes more involved with the murder case, he ends up discovering the truth about his own life and family. When a dog is killed in his neighborhood, Christopher sets out to solve the mystery. It received many awards as well as criticism by the autism community for its portrayal of someone with Asperger’s Syndrome.Ĭhristopher is presented as a mathematical genius who has trouble interpreting social situations and does not understand metaphors. ![]() Mark Haddon’s best-selling novel, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, is a detective story about fifteen-year-old Christopher Boone. In this piece, Serena Shim, sister of someone on the spectrum, discusses the novel that caused so much controversy in the autism community. ![]()
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