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Jan 08, 2017lb9034367 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
4 stars, pretty decent read. The ending seems to just drop out of nowhere, like the author just got tired of writing or something. Some people say Autism characteristics were inconsistent but I didn't feel they were. I think the book did a good job explaining that Jacob (main character) preferred that only people close to him that he trusted to touch or hug him. People are inconsistent (sometimes I like to cuddle, sometimes I don't .. certainly not unexpectedly or with people I don't know well), I would imagine regardless of ability or disability people more or less have the same personal space requirements, just on different things or at different levels. To the people who were stating that there needed to be research done on Autism for this book. I think that if they themselves did some research on Autism, they would find that there really is no such thing as 'classic' Autism in any one person. Each person exhibits different levels of ability and challenges, uniquely. Somehow we often look at our differences with people with Autism or developmental disabilities but maybe we should look more at the similarities. I think we will all find that we have quite a few of the same diagnostic characteristics as they do. ;)