House Rules: the powerful must-read story of a mother's unthinkable choice by the number one bestselling author of A Spark of Light

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He's hopeless at reading social cues or expressing himself well to others, though he is brilliant in many ways. I’m sure it’s my imagination, but the new officers get younger every year; this one’s probably still wearing a Pull-Up at night. If someone else takes a bite of my food, I have to cut off the part that their saliva has touched before I can eat any more of it. I can smell my mother … my knees give with relief, with the knowledge that I have not faded away after all’ (p.

The book didn't end but i have enjoyed the untold story of a person who can't express feelings but feel everything inside the heart. Suddenly, Jacob and his family, who only want to fit in, feel the spotlight shining directly on them.She has taken every possible symptom of both Asperger's and autism (which are two different diagnoses) and put them all into the character of Jacob. She recognizes Jacob by sight, now, and usually gives him two mini eggrolls or bruschetta rounds or whatever else she’s plying that week.

and Neurodiversity Nation believes ‘neurotypicals’ are trying to ‘destroy diversity’ for autistic people (p. I really struggled with the first 100 pages or so by doing that, however, once I had settled down on a two hour train journey and could devote my time completely to this engrossing and compelling book it all came together beautifully. The tension that builds throughout the novel is occasionally alleviated by the jokes and puns the characters themselves make.Jodi often deals with controversial subject matter - like Emma Hunt's belief that Jacob was a 'normal' child until he had his infant vaccinations - but she leaves some questions open for you,the reader,to decide. Even though it’s broad daylight; even though there are cars going up and down the street, I walk behind the house and sit down on the swingset. My mother reaches for a pen she’s tucked into her ponytail (she always wears a ponytail, because she knows how I feel about loose hair swishing around her shoulders) and begins to scrawl a response. Theo, the "normal" younger brother who is often invisible to Emma and is treated by his peers as a sort of "freak by association" because of his brother.