If you want to understand how autistic people think, don't read books about them, read books by them. My first, and totally eye-opening experience was when we were investigating the use of the gluten and casein-free diet for autistic spectrum disorders and I read 'Freaks, …
Freaks
Understanding autistic people
I used to be a great fan on Radio 4's Book of the Week, broadcast every night at half past midnight but these days, I tend eschew post midnight listening for the somewhat earlier Book at Bedtime at 10.45. So it was by pure chance that three times this week I have caught the …