When Christopher finds his neighbor’s dog lifeless in the garden he fixates on who did it, and he opens his own “Sherlock Holmes” investigation, which is one of the topics of books that he likes. He has a run-in with the police who bring him into the station because he accidentally hit the policeman because he previously told him that he does not like to be touched by anyone. As Christopher watches the time he measures how long he is there. He is a child who has autism spectrum disorder and is highly misunderstood by the police. The police call in his father, who comes to the station and cues his love to Christopher by holding his hand palm to palm due to Christopher’s sensitivities of touch as some children with autism spectrum disorder have as well as Asperger’s.
Moreover, Christopher does not like the colors yellow and …show more content…
He is filled with amazing facts from cognitive psychology optical saccades to aerospace and solar system facts, which are his favorite topics. He adores math and uses math as a pattern in his daily life. He counts steps to find the distance of where he is going and he has a fear of leaving his unfamiliar areas in his neighborhood. He will wear certain colors to avoid the colors he does not like and is vocal about his color aversions. The cultural differences in England are quite different then in the United States in