Hmm. I don't really know what to think about this book. I was surprised to see on the back that it's listed as a children's book. I seriously can't imagine a child sitting down to read this thing, even though I guess that does explain the extremely basic language used throughout the entire book. 
 I am not an expert on Autism and thus I can't say whether this is an accurate portrayal of what Autism is. I would say off-hand that it is not. The book isn't particularly entertaining and the writing style can at time become an enormous drag, but the type is large and many of the pages are taken up with unnecessary illustrations, so the book is a fast read. 
 This is one of those books that I picked up because of all the hype. It isn't as bad as some people make it out to be, but it certainly isn't as good as others claim and I really can't understand how or why it was given a Whitbread Book of the Year award.