“Sometimes people are born with disabilities, but it's communities that handicap them.” I feel like this quote is extremely true. People may be born with disabilities such as autism or fetal alcohol syndrome or down-syndrome, but it is society that tells them their differences are bad things. Instead of making people with unfortunate disabilities comfortable and like everyone else, we label them “handicapped” or “retarded”. Just like having different colored skin or eyes, everyone is different and having your brain work differently is no exception.


In The Curious Incident of the Missing Dog at Night-time, Christopher has Asperger's Syndrome. Christopher might like things in a certain way and be uncomfortable with bodily contact but this doesn’t mean he has to be labeled and turned into something people pity. Christopher is a person like all others and he doesn't need to be labeled with names that restrict him in any way.



This is something all disabled children face. Instead of being treated like normal children, they are diagnosed and labeled and put into separate groups as everyone else. How would that make you feel? Getting excluded because your brain works differently? You probably wouldn't like it, and neither would I. This is why I agree with and believe the quote.