The book I am reading is called Rules. The author is Cynthia Lord. The main characters are Catherine and her autistic brother David. David is austic which means he learns and catches on things a slower and different way than a person who is "normal" person would. His sister who is 12 years old teaches him the right way to do things. Every chapter in the book are different topics he has to learn. For an example in the chapter "Keep Your Pants On In Public." In this chapter Catherine shows him that he can't take off his pants in public.
People like David, who has autism, brain doesn't work like a normal brain works. There are different kinds of autism. The author doesn't tell the reader how old or what kind of autism David has, but you could tell he has high functioning autism. You could tell because in the chapter "Pantless Brothers Are Not My Problem" Catherine give him a piece of paper he has to read and he reads it out loud. A lot of people with autism can't talk or read. I could relate with Catherine because she wants to help and show her brother how to grow and do everything a normal person would do so he knows when he grows up that its not okay to behave off of what ever his first thought is. I also could relate to her because I want to help and show kids not just with autism but kids with any disabilities and show them how to work as a normal working human.
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