October Child
How is the theme of autism presented in the novel The October Child? ... Autism is presented in The October Child by telling the story of the Mariner family. ... In the book The October Child the different characters handle Carl’s autism in different ways. ... In The October Child they never seem to face the fact that there is no cure for autism, they seem to think that when they send Carl to the special school it will all be alright an d he will just get better.