Trivia / The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

• Actor-Shared Background: One of the actors who played Christopher on Broadway is Mickey Rowe, who also has autism like the character.
• Creator's Apathy: Haddon went on to state that he doesn't consider himself knowledgeable on autism and confirmed all rumors of research failure (outside of a sign on the Underground, which implies he did no research period).
• Diagnosis of God: While descriptions often described Christopher as having Asperger's Syndrome, the author has stated that he went out of the way to make sure Christopher wasn't described as having any specific disorder, and that he did more research on the London Underground than he did on Autism.
• Technology Marches On: The story would've been a lot shorter had it taken place today, because Christopher would've probably discovered that his Mom was alive via Facebook or Twitter.
• Write Who You Know: Mark Haddon worked with people with autism when he was younger and mentions that he based Christopher on two specific people he knew. What's confusing is that he has debunked all theories about Christopher having autism ever since.

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