Different Like Me: My book of autism heroes
By Jennifer Elder
Illustrations by Marc Thomas and Jennifer Elder
Quinn is an eight year old who has autism. Quinn begins by giving some background information about Autism and how it was discovered. He then wonders how the people who lived with autism before it was discovered dealt with being different. We then learn about many different famous people who perhaps lived with autism before it was discovered. Once Quinn looks at all of these people he finally comes to the conclusion that all of these people did great things even though they had a hard time fitting in, just like him. This book is a really great book for both insiders and outsiders. The insiders get a chance to relate to people they may have known. The outsiders get a chance to learn a lot about the history of autism. The illustrations are good but I think that they could be more appealing and draw the reader in. I also think that Quinn’s character could have been developed a little better. But I think the book can be used to help those with autism but also to educate.
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