![]() ![]() The description of Asperger’s in the DSM-IV-TR (2000, p80 unless stated), the Large number of the clinical descriptions of autism. Several reviewers have noted that Caitlin fits an unusually Portrayal of autism, which made clear that a portrayal of autism can beĬlinically accurate, but at the same time it may well still divide opinion. See whether I was alone in this opinion, I searched out reviews of the However, whilst reading it I couldn’t help but wonder whether Caitlinĭevelops too much, and whether the story devolved into a feel-good story ofĬaitlin battling her Asperger’s and overcoming the problems it gives her. The centrality of Caitlin, the character with autism, who was the story’s ![]() Indeed at times I was impressed by the accuracy of the writing and The key traits were there, manifested in reasonablyĬommon ways. While I was reading Kathryn Erskine’s 2010 novel Mockingbird, the depiction of autismįelt reasonably accurate. ![]()
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