Christopher's behavioral problems

A. Not talking to people for a long time
B. Not eating or drinking anything for a long time
C. Not liking being touched
D. Screaming when I am angry or confused
E. Not liking being in really small places with other people
  There were lots of people on the train, and I didn't like that, because I don't like lots of people I don't know and I hate it even more if I stuck in a room with lots of people I don't know, and a train is like a room and you can't get out of it when it's moving. And it made me think of when I had to come home in the car from school one day because the bus had broken down and Mother came and picked me up and Mrs. Peters asked Mother if she could take Jack and Polly home because their mothers couldn't come and pick them up, and Mother said yes. But I started screaming in the car because there were too many people in it […]. (page 158)
F. Smashing things when I am angry or confused
G. Groaning
H. Not liking yellow things or brown things and refusing to touch yellow things or brown things
I. Refusing to touch my toothbrush if anyone else has touched it
J. Not eating food if different sorts of food are touching each other
K. Not noticing that people are angry with me
L. Not smiling
M. Saying things that other people think are rude
N. Doing stupid things
O. Hitting other people
P. Hating France
Q. Driving Mother’s car
R. Getting cross when someone has moved the furniture
(page 46 – 47)

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