#1. What new insights have you gained by reading Naoki Higashida’s book? What surprised you most about his depiction of what it is like to have Autism? Please reference specific statements from his book and compare them to what you’ve learned from other resources in class.
#2. What is the state of treatment and/or understanding of autism today? What do we (society, the medical profession, educators) need to learn about autism? Does this book help? Will it make a difference?