ولفگانگ آمادئوس موتسارت
با آن که در آن زمان هنوز این اختلال شناخته شده نبود، بعضی با مطالعه ی رفتارهای موتسارت، به این نتیجه رسیده اند که او مبتلا به اوتیسم بوده: قوه ی شنوایی حساس، نیاز به حرکت دادن دائمی دست و پا، و در یک مورد، وقتی حوصله اش سر رفته بوده، پریدن و پشتک زدن روی میز و صندلی ها و در آوردن صدای گربه.

آلبرت آینشتاین
عدم قدرت ارتباط با دیگران، حساسیت به لمس شدن توسط د��گران، اخراج از مدرسه به خاطر مشکلات یادگیری، و انتخاب مکان های دور از دیگران برای مطالعات فیزیکی.

استنلی کوبریک
معروف است که این کارگردان معروف، وسواسی جنون آمیز داشته که همه ی جزئیات بی شمار صحنه های فیلم، دقیقاً همان طور که در ذهن اوست تصویر شوند و به این ترتیب، بارها و بارها، یک صحنه ی جزئی را برداشت می کرده.

تیم برتون
همسر این کارگردان (هلنا بونهام کارتر، بازیگر) وقتی برای یک فیلم، راجع به اوتیسم مطالعات جانبی می کرده، ناگهان متوجه می شود که بیشتر خصوصیات این اختلال، در همسر او نیز موجود است.

افراد دیگری هم جزء این لیست شم��ده شده اند، از نیوتون و ویتگنشتاین، تا داروین و میکل آنژ، و حتی لیونل مسی.
در داستان مصور "تیمارستان آرکام" یکی از پرستارها راجع به جوکر می گوید: ما نمی توانیم با اطمینان او را تحت "دیوانه" طبقه بندی کنیم، شاید او دارای گونه ای "فرا-عقل" باشد، که در اثر تکامل نوع انسانی ایجاد شده باشد.
در این شرایط است که آدم به فکر می رود که آیا اوتیسم حقیقتاً نوعی اختلال است یا نوعی فرا-انسان بودن؟ آیا می توان به صرف این که نابغه ای انعطاف ناپذیر است و نمی تواند با دیگران ارتباط برقرار کند، او را دچار اختلال دانست؟ شاید این ها لوازم نبوغ هستند؟

There is a special magic reading the first chapters of Christopher's account with a group of teenagers.

Usually, they are indifferent to start with, just another book that will end up an essay or another assignment. They are tired, and in their teenage grandiosity, they think they know everything about how "books work". And then they frown.

Teenage pedants kicks in.

"That's not chapter 7!"

"He got all the numbers wrong!"

"What a stupid book!"

Once that discussion starts, the teacher pedant has to restrain herself not to give the answer, not to lecture the students on what they are "supposed" to discover in the patterns. They will like it so much more if they find out how Christopher functions on their own, without the meddling of a typical adult teacher mind.

Once they do find out they are usually engaging in the story on a deeper level: it reads like a mystery that works on two levels - one being the mystery Christopher tries to solve himself, and the other being cracking the code to communicating with Christopher on his terms.

This is young adult fiction that really fulfils its purpose of engaging adolescents in topics that they can relate to, while also offering enough tension and suspense to keep them on the edge, turning pages.

The message (especially to students who suffer from lacking belief in themselves and in the future) is a perfect closing statement: if Christopher can be brave and solve a mystery and go to London and write a book and find his mother, he can do anything - and so can YOU!

What a massive undertaking it must have been to tackle this subject, especially with writing from the pov of a teenager with asperger's. And yet he made it look so easy.

The writing was smooth, and what was especially enjoyable was being able to simultaneously see things from his perspective while still being able to understand with great clarity what was actually happening, based on the dialogue from the adults.

Overall it was a good read, despite the fact that I was hoping for the ending to be different as well as more detailed.

Hollywood has a number of unwritten rules for screenwriters, the oldest of which happens to be: Don't Kill The Dog. There's good reason for this. People, as a general rule, don't like to watch dogs die. Not the family pet or the stray or the bomb-sniffer or the police canine. Even the dogs one gets the sense need putting down, say Old Yeller or Cujo, come with an adverse emotional risk. And it's a risk you can easily perceive. (Just ask Michael Vick.) Rare is the heart that wants anything at all to do with this. Rarer still, the author who can handle the matter in a manner that delivers sufficient regard to the valiant spirit of Man's best friend. Few folks end up watching the best of those movies twice, or re-reading those particular books. Been there, done that, let's move on.

Mark Haddon opens his novel with the killing of a dog. He is, however, merciful about it. This dog is, from the very first sentence, already dead. It's one of those giant poodles, and it's stretched out on a neighbor's lawn with a big ol' garden fork sticking out of it. And because the boy who's telling the tale is an autistic fifteen-year-old, there's going to be a very pragmatic approach taken to all of this - which means we won't be cattle-prodded through the kind of emotional hoops other writers force into play just because they can. Christopher's mind is afflicted with a distinct disconnection between logic and feeling. His logic will be relaying the story. His feelings will come in through the back door - as did, for example, the throwaway fact that he was rocking the dead dog in his arms when the police arrived.

Christopher decides to investigate the death of Wellington. As this investigation proceeds, we will learn not only about Christopher's family, his school, his everyday life, but also what it's like to be in Christopher's head. And that's where Haddon's gift shines. His is a tremendous achievement in voice, in the restriction of a compartmentalized awareness, and the impact of our culture on those it simply wasn't designed for. There is not a single false note to be found. It is also a page-turner. Had the clock not hit 3 AM, I'd have finished this in one sitting. I was thoroughly compelled.

If you're looking for something to jar you out of the same-old, same-old? Look no further. This is it.

Silêncio Preenchido

“ I like it when it rains hard. It sounds like white noise everywhere, which is like silence but not empty.”

Assim é o autismo: um silêncio preenchido

Melhor que isso... só os livros

دیدین بعضی وقتا تو موقعیتایی گیر می‌کنید که مجبور میشید حرف آخر رو همون اول کار بزنید؟ الان تو همون موقعیتم... کتاب تصویرگر یه پسر نوجوون اوتیسمیه که اون‌قدر شیرین و دوس‌داشتنی هست که با خودت میگی بری همه‌ی شیش میلیارد کمتر آدمایی که اوتیسمی نیستن رو جمع کنی یه جا. صمیمانه باهاشون بشینی و بگی بچه‌ها بیاید گورمون رو از رو کره‌ی زمین گم کنیم. بیاین بریم یه جای دیگه تا این آدم‌های نازنین کمی از دست ما خلاص بشن و نفس راحتی بکشن

آره. شاید همه‌ی اوتیسمیا این‌قدر دوست‌داشتنی نباشن. اما همین که آدم باور می‌کنه کریستوفر رو چرا نباید باور کنه که شاید حداقل یه کریستوفر دیگه روی این زمین وجود داشته باشه که داره رنج می‌بره از ما و «بودن»های ما. کریستوفر شاید داره با سادگی سقلمه‌ای می‌زنه به بازومون که هی رفیق شاید همه‌ی این مناسباتی که بین خودتون راه انداختین... همه‌ی این رفتارهای متظاهرانه‌ی پالتیکلی کارکتی که آشنا و غریبه رو باهاش بزک می‌کنین... شاید یکی یه جایی داره حالش ازتون به هم می‌خوره. شاید یکی هی مجبوره دستش رو چاقوی ضامندار سوئیسیش باشه. شاید یکی مجبوره از دست‌تون دستاش رو بذاره رو گوشش و فریاد بکشه تا صداهاتون، همهمه‌هاتون، جنجال‌ها و دعواهاتون رو نشنوه. برای دوس داشتن کریستوفر باید از خودمون کمی بدمون بیاد و خوب این معامله‌ی کمی نیست. مخصوصا برای «ما». «مایی» که خوبیم. مایی که اصلا کی میگه بالا چشم‌مون ابروعه؟
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داستان توی چند فصل مونده به آخر کار به شدت افت می‌کنه. به توصیه‌ی این کمینه ضمن حفظ خون‌سردی داستان رو ادامه بدید که یه پایان‌بندی خوب در کمینه
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What a beautiful story! The main character, Christopher, is delightful. A big ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ star read from me! I highly recommend this book to everyone! ☺️

3-1/2 Stars!

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime follows an autistic 15-year-old boy investigating a mystery. Before long, you realize there is much more going on here than just the “dog incident.” Christopher’s investigation leads to surprising results and seeing this all come about through Christopher’s perspective is both amusing and troubling.

With Christopher as the sole narrator, this story is told with a lot of lists. There are a lot of maths (as he calls it) that are over my head. He likes to explain things in a repetitive way with lots of examples. This could be a bit much at times, but it seems to make sense with who the narrator is.

I listened to the audio version and I think the narrator did a great job.

What a wonderful and heartbreaking book! It really gives you insight into the mind of a person who has autism and how difficult it is for them and their caretakers. This was my second timing reading this book - with many years in between - because it was chosen for my next book club meeting and I'm going to see the play at the end of March. It's interesting what I remembered and what I didn't!

Me gustó muchísimo.

Jamás había leído un libro donde el protagonista tuviera Trastorno del espectro autista, lo leí porque quería conocer mas y para poder ver como perciben el mundo. Fue como armar un rompe cabezas leer este libro.
Fue muy interesante y me ayudo a entenderlos y conocerlos mejor.

Nuestro protagonista en esta historia se llama Christopher, tiene 15 años y un día descubre que el perro de su vecina esta muerto y él muy fanático de Sherlock Holmes (lo que en eso me parezco tanto a él que AMABA cuando hablaba de él y el doctor Watson), decide encontrar al asesino del perro, y mediante esta búsqueda va a desenterrar secretos de sus padres y su familia.

La premisa es muy interesante al igual que el titulo. Me costó bastante entender algunas actitudes de los padres de Christopher, Hay acciones que yo las hubiese hecho de otra manera.
y lo que comprendí también, es que la paciencia llega a un limite, lo cual el niño la sobrepasaba ante sus padres.

Se que no es fácil tener que criar a un niño con este trastorno, pero no es imposible, y con paciencia y cariño y apoyo, se puede.
Ellos no son diferentes, son iguales a todos, solo que mas inteligentes que muchos de nosotros y eso no los hace especiales, sino sobresalientes.

El final me gustó muchísimo también.
Y lo super recomiendo, es una historia amena, donde estar en la cabeza de este niño es una aventura sin límites.

This book will get you through all kind of emotions.
At first , you will feel confused , because of the writing style , then you will start feeling odd , because of Chris's behaviours and the way he's telling his story , Until , you get it.
You get why he's behaving that way , why he's so different and why his brain functions in such a strange and a more complex way .
Christopher has Asperger’s Syndrome , it's a form of Autism which can turn complicated mathematics into simple equations but also turn simple things into complicated ones.
Later on , I felt both sad and trapped : Sad , because .. i don't know .. i felt sorry for him , which i have no reason to feel so , he's such a special , clever and unique boy , and trapped , because this is not the kind of books that tells a story , this is the kind of books that drags you into the story and makes you feel as if you were there , all along.
When i hit page number 200 , I couldn't stop reading ( if you read the book , you know why ) , and i was on a roller-coaster of emotions but this time i experienced new feelings , anger and frustration .
The ending took me off guard and was nothing like i expected it to be , but this book , Christopher's story , melted my heart , and that's why i gave it big fat 5 stars

Uno de mis libros favoritos de todos los tiempos. Me lo hicieron leer en inglés durante mis años de estudio y rápidamente entró en mi Top de mejores lecturas.

Acá conocemos a Cristopher, un niño de 15 años con autismo, que descubre el cadáver de Wellington, el perro de su vecina, por el cual lo marcan como sospechoso. Por lo que, al más puro estilo Sherlock Holmes, se plantea descubrir al verdadero culpable, llevándolo a desvelar una serie de secretos que le cambiarán la vida para siempre.

Libro muy fácil de leer, con capítulos cortos y algunas imágenes que van complementando la lectura por lo que lo terminas bastante rápido. La novela se narra en primera persona y desde el punto de vista de Cristopher por lo que de cierta forma llegamos a empatizar con su particular forma de pensar y su dificultad para la muestras de emociones, así como su lógica interna y matemática con casi todas las cosas que lo rodean.

En un principio pensé que solo se trataría de un simple libro de aventuras de un niño autista, pero a medida que van surgiendo las revelaciones se logra entender lo complejo del mundo de Cristopher y de como su condición de cierta manera termina por afectar también a aquellos que lo rodean.

El final es sensiblero, pero no por ello deja de ser bueno, dejándonos una sensación agradable para el futuro que le espera y los logros que Cristopher pretende alcanzar. En cuanto al padre, bueno, queda cierta sensación de injusticia para con él, pese a los errores que cometió... pero en fin... que cada uno juzgue con su propia lectura.

Libro ligero y diferente ¡Muy recomendado!