The Curious Incident

"Sometimes people are born with disabilities, but it's the community hat handicaps them"

-Anonymous

 

I agree with this statement because in the book "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time", Christopher had Asperger's Syndrome, but he was still very capable of doing things on his own. His father would tell him to leave other people alone about the murder of the neighbor's dog, Wellington. That's because his father was scared of what might happen to Christopher if he kept bothering the neighborhood. His father was, in a way, handicapping his son from doing what made him happy. Christopher just wanted to solve he mystery so he could write his story for his class at school. Even though he was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome didn't make him any less determined to figure out who killed the dog.

 

Another reason I agree with this statement is because my neighbor has disabilities. I am around my neighbor all the time. When I have friends over and they meet her, sometimes they tend to treat her like she is 3 years old. They will not want to include her in some of our activities because they think that she will not understand our conversations or the jokes we have. Some adults do it too. People who don't know her very well may tend to treat her like she is handicapped.

 

Also, when I was in 5th grade I was a volunteer in the school's special education class. I would spend almost 2 hours everyday helping the kids with their school work and getting to know each student. There was a boy who was about 5. He would not talk. He could understand what you said and did what you told him, but he would not communicate back. People didn't think that he could talk, so he was handicapped and never got practice in talking. One day, my friend and I walked into the class and he got so excited that he said 'Hi". Everyone was completely shocked. After that day, he talked in class. He learned names, said "yes" and "no", and could say "Hi" and/or "Bye".

 

This statement shows that even the people who have disabilities can do what they set their minds to. When society says that they can't do what others can, they'll just want to prove them wrong. They are just like us.