Hi Gina Marie,

Yes, I have read the book 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time' and I found it very interesting. My daughter read it first, last year when she was 14, and she recommended it to me.

I am an Educational Assistant and I work with students with Autism and Asperger's Syndrome, among other developmental disabilities and physical disabilities. I enjoyed the descriptions in the book of what the main character was feeling and why he needed to sometimes 'shut out' the world around him. One 'image' that stood out to me was how he describes feeling overloaded by thoughts and other stimulations and he said it was like an electric bread slicer that can't keep up with the loaves of bread that need to be sliced.

I've taken courses and workshops on Autism and there is just such a wide range of abilities and behaviours on the Autism Spectrum. I enjoyed reading the book (which was not a difficult read, btw) and I felt the author had done a good job of researching what it is like to have Autism.

I recently bought another book called 'Born on a Blue Day' by Daniel Tammet, (2006) and I look forward to having the time to start reading it. This is what is written on the back of the book:

"A Memoir of Asperger's and an Extraordinary Mind"

"Daniel sees numbers as shapes, colours and textures and can perform extraordinary maths in his head. he can also learn to speak a language fluently from scratch in a week. He has Savant Syndrome, an extremely rare form of Asperger's that gives him almost unimaginable mental powers, much like the Rain Man portrayed by Dustin Hoffman. But he is virtually unique amongst people who have severe autistic disorders in being able to live a fully independent life."

"Touching and illuminating, 'Born On A Blue Day' explores what it's like to be special and in so doing gives us an insight into what makes us all human - our minds."

I think it will be an interesting read, especially since it is a non-fiction book.