The Born On a Blue Day is a book about a character named Daniel Tammet. This character has an extremely rare form of autism named Asperger’s syndrome, which gives him unimaginable metal powers. Asperger’s syndrome is a form of autism, which is considered a high functioning form of autism.
Obsessive compulsive disorder plays a great part with Asperger’s syndrome. It is also subcategorized as being a part of a pervasive developmental disorders, in which it involves delays in many basic skills. Some of those skills would be the inability to socialize with others, use of imagination and as well as inability to communicate in general. Children with Asperger’s syndrome are at greater risk in developing other conditions such as depression, schizophrenia, ADHD and OCD. There are various therapies for this syndrome such as behavioral therapy, counseling, and medication options available for these conditions. It is known that the level of intelligence in Asperger’s syndrome often is average or higher than average. Many people with this syndrome are able to function very well. They may, however, continue to have problems socializing with others through adulthood. In this case some characteristics that Daniel represents are repetitive, obsessive actions, difficulties in social situations, lacking empathy and awareness of others. One of Daniel fascinations this book highlights is how he is amazed that he can see color and shapes in numbers. An example of this is when he realizes and is very fascinated by his date of birth January 3, 1979 and comes to a conclusion that his birth date are all prime numbers 31,19,179 and 1979. Daniel is a 27 years old autistic individual and is somewhat considered a genius when it comes to numbers. He can figure out complicated math equation in his head but is faced with some obstacles throughout his lifetime. Some of those obstacles are his inability to express his feelings. Later on he is presented with family issues, so when his dad had a nervous breakdown, he would then experience his parents’ fights as the color blue. Another thing that I find intriguing about Daniel is that, although they move a lot …show more content…
There has been a significant change in Asperger’s syndrome since Hans Asperger’s first discovered this disorder in the 1940’s. Hans himself thought this was an exclusively males only disorder. He described Asperger as a high functioning form of disorders. Over the past 20 years this syndrome is no longer described as the stereotypical males’ disorder but some of the stereotypes constructed by Asperger are still valid.
Stereotyping autism disorders have become less common and are being more recognized in the media. Another great example is in the year 1988, autism was recognized in the movie Rain man, were Tom cruise played Charlie Babbitt as a selfish, egocentric character, who takes the death of his father without any signs of sorrow and only pays attention to messages that are relevant to his business of importing fancy sports cars. In the end of the movie he develops a loving relationship with his brother and learns to listen to other people. These are few examples how autism has taken part of the media and is described in different forms of what we know today.
Overall, I strongly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in researching or want better understanding in the abilities of the human mind. This book gives great guidance into learning autism, and some of the traumas a person might face who craves
Obsessive compulsive disorder plays a great part with Asperger’s syndrome. It is also subcategorized as being a part of a pervasive developmental disorders, in which it involves delays in many basic skills. Some of those skills would be the inability to socialize with others, use of imagination and as well as inability to communicate in general. Children with Asperger’s syndrome are at greater risk in developing other conditions such as depression, schizophrenia, ADHD and OCD. There are various therapies for this syndrome such as behavioral therapy, counseling, and medication options available for these conditions. It is known that the level of intelligence in Asperger’s syndrome often is average or higher than average. Many people with this syndrome are able to function very well. They may, however, continue to have problems socializing with others through adulthood. In this case some characteristics that Daniel represents are repetitive, obsessive actions, difficulties in social situations, lacking empathy and awareness of others. One of Daniel fascinations this book highlights is how he is amazed that he can see color and shapes in numbers. An example of this is when he realizes and is very fascinated by his date of birth January 3, 1979 and comes to a conclusion that his birth date are all prime numbers 31,19,179 and 1979. Daniel is a 27 years old autistic individual and is somewhat considered a genius when it comes to numbers. He can figure out complicated math equation in his head but is faced with some obstacles throughout his lifetime. Some of those obstacles are his inability to express his feelings. Later on he is presented with family issues, so when his dad had a nervous breakdown, he would then experience his parents’ fights as the color blue. Another thing that I find intriguing about Daniel is that, although they move a lot …show more content…
There has been a significant change in Asperger’s syndrome since Hans Asperger’s first discovered this disorder in the 1940’s. Hans himself thought this was an exclusively males only disorder. He described Asperger as a high functioning form of disorders. Over the past 20 years this syndrome is no longer described as the stereotypical males’ disorder but some of the stereotypes constructed by Asperger are still valid.
Stereotyping autism disorders have become less common and are being more recognized in the media. Another great example is in the year 1988, autism was recognized in the movie Rain man, were Tom cruise played Charlie Babbitt as a selfish, egocentric character, who takes the death of his father without any signs of sorrow and only pays attention to messages that are relevant to his business of importing fancy sports cars. In the end of the movie he develops a loving relationship with his brother and learns to listen to other people. These are few examples how autism has taken part of the media and is described in different forms of what we know today.
Overall, I strongly recommend this book for anyone who is interested in researching or want better understanding in the abilities of the human mind. This book gives great guidance into learning autism, and some of the traumas a person might face who craves