Review

An Unusual Boy is a sympathetic portrait of family life with a child on the autism spectrum

By Karen Viggers
November 28 2020 - 12:00am
Most of us don't know what it's like to live in the chaotic world of a family trying to deal with a child on the spectrum. Picture: Shutterstock
Most of us don't know what it's like to live in the chaotic world of a family trying to deal with a child on the spectrum. Picture: Shutterstock
  • An Unsual Boy, by Fiona Higgins. Boldwood, $26.95.

Being different is hard when you're a kid on the spectrum. You just want to fit in and have friends, but you don't know how to do it. Your difference makes you stand out. You're not the same as other kids, and you don't have the skills to make judgements and connections.

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