A Level Maths By Krister Palo Summary

Krister Palo speaks of how people like him are instantly treated differently when others learn of their diagnosed disorders. The public doesn’t even attempt to consider that they should interact with these people as they would with anyone else, and if one does something they are not comfortable with, they will tell you, just like anyone else would. Krister and Christopher from the novel are both very self aware, and acknowledge that they have stronger skills than most in one area. When Christopher is planning to write his A Level Maths exam, he knows how hard it is for everyone else, similar to the way he struggles to read facial expressions, and most others do not. Something that is heavily implied in the latter half of his speech, is that the reason the public treats him differently is because of a “definition” or characterization of a non-neurotypical person in the
Young children would simply adapt to playing with their new friend, and realize that they are different, and only grow up to respond any differently because of labels.

The author of this article sheds light on the fact that the majority of the whole world receives all their information on non-neurotypical people through fictional characters, or when a white man performs a shooting and everyone begins to attach the “mentally ill” label to him, even though he was definitely just a terrorist. This demonizes an entire community of people, and perpetuates stereotypes that are not true. Mental illness is also different for everyone, which is why the young, white, male who is entirely driven by his math-based career or passion character (like Christopher, from the novel) is beginning to feel repetitive. Many people that fit