Setekh wrote:
It's Autism, I suffer from a mild version of it myself.
As you might imagine, I loved it.
edit:
Aspergers - Autism = Same thing, differant intensitys.
Not exactly. Aspergers is on the autistic spectrum but it has it's own status as a syndrome and there are wildly varying intensities of aspergers. Basically, if you have aspergers then you are on the autistic spectrum, but you can be on the spectrum without haveing aspergers.
I do believe that the boy in the book has aspergers (though I'd have to check) which is not the same thing as autism. Like happytin posted, it's a sort of high-functioning autism where the people with aspergers tend to have more control over themselves than people with regular autism. That said, I wouldn't really agree with the thing about social interaction- a lot of people with asperger's syndrome have trouble with social interaction because they find it difficult to realise someone's intentions unless they are explicit.
My brother has aspergers; but he's not as bad as the Christopher character. He doesn't really have the OCD type traits, such as organising food on a plate into sections that don't touch, and the like.