Analysis Of Mindblind By Jennifer Roy

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In Mindblind by Jennifer Roy we learn about a boy named Nathaniel Clark who struggles socializing with other people because of his Asperger's syndrome. Nathaniel lives with Aspergers and is genius! His parents are divorced. He has a stepmother and a half brother named Josh. He struggles communicating with other people and therefore he doesn’t have a numerous amount of friends. He also doesn’t know how to react to certain things. One example of how Nathaniel struggles with Asperger's is when he can’t socialize with other kids. In one of his files it says that he has problems communicating with other people so it is hard for him to make friends. Another example of how Nathaniel struggles with Asperger's is how he is not able to react like other

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