Summary Of Life And Spectrum By C. G. Meloy

I picked the book Life & spectrum: A revealing look at high-functioning autism and Asperger's syndrome by C.G. Meloy. This book is all about Meloy talking about and answering questions that people have asked over the years about his autism spectrum disorder. He also says that this might be a helpful book for families that might be going through the same thing as he did. Possibly provide an understanding for some of the behaviours and might even provide a little hope knowing that they can get through this. Meloy’s book covers a lot of topics and makes it fairly evident that he has been asked a lot about having a disability. It talks about how he describes his disability, what went into his schooling situation and strategies that that worked
Meloy is very frank with regards to talking about his disability. Which probably cause a lot of stirring with the reader especially when he makes a bold statement like that. Most people are told that their disability doesn’t define them but when Meloy says that his does it kind of throws people off. What he is trying to say is that his disability only defines him to an extent. Meloy is saying, though, that he still lives with it but it doesn’t fully hinder his life. When it came to schooling Meloy had to figure out what would work best for him and how it would help him.
Meloy talks about multiple things that he had figured out about his schooling and education. One thing was three general strategies that would help him work through things. “1. Find a way to do it. 2. Find a way to look like I can do it. 3. Find a way to live without it” (Meloy, 2013). This is a perfect little system for trying to handle something you may not know or know how to deal with it. But it also is a great way to function in school when no one really understands what you are going