James Dreyer has Autism Spectrum Disorder. He spent the beginning of his school career in a learning environment that was geared for children on the spectrum. James was therefore just “a learner”. However, as he grew older, he began to recognise that he was different from other children outside of school. People treated him very differently and in many cases, unkindly. He started to feel like he didn’t fit into the world. To explain how he felt, he wrote the story about Castor Bean.
Join Castor Bean, a colourful and brave flower who lives in a field with many other flowers. The flowers are unkind to poor old Castor Bean, even though he has a heart as big as the field. Castor Bean feels lonely and sad, the flowers don’t want him living in the field with them. One day, with gre...