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    Ordinary
    Ordinary
    Ordinary
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    Ordinary

    By Hariram Suthakaran

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    "Children with autism are colourful- Like rainbows, they standout."

    A boy called Aaron starts his first day at school. He has only been to school once since he has autism and was homeschooled his whole life. What do you think will happen?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHariram Suthakaran
    Release dateAug 20, 2020
    ISBN9781005602185

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      Book preview

      Ordinary - Hariram Suthakaran

      To My Loving Sister and my best friend Aaron.

      Part 1 | Aaron

      ORDINARY

      My name is Aaron. I know I am normal, but I don’t know. I mean yeah, I feel normal inside but on the outside, no. I have autism. This makes me a hard learner; like I don’t catch on to things quickly and I can read and write but slowly.

      I can play every game you can tell me except Tag, ball, hide and seek since the pressure on those games makes me faint.

      Due to this, I don’t have many friends, but James and Lowell always stick by my side. 

      They already go to school, and I am home-schooled since children always laugh and try to play pranks on me. 

      These two kids, Isla and Kasia, pranked me for a whole day when I came and visited the school to see if I fit in.

      My mum and dad have always been afraid of my safety and hence why they have never sent me to school since the incident that happened.

      My brother Harry is not

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