Hendrik's World

Even as a very small child, Hendrik was different from other children. When he was six months old he started to speak and he could read when he was three years old. Hendrik's IQ is much higher than the IQ of most people. But Hendrik developed arather bizarre behaviour in more than one way: he avoided contact with other children, constantly refused to leave his room and had extreme tantrums. It soon became obvious: Hendrik is suffering from Asperger-syndrom, a special form of autism. His feelings are different and he does not understand human relations: Hendrik sees and interprets everything very differently from normal children. Every now and again he drifts into his own secret world. Being highly giftet, however, he is able to tell us about his world.