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The Reason I Jump

One Boy's Voice from the Silence of Autism

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The Reason I Jump

By: Naoki Higashida, David Mitchell - translator, Keiko Yoshida - translator
Narrated by: David Mitchell, Thomas Judd
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Written by Naoki Higishida when he was only 13, this remarkable book explains the often baffling behaviour of autistic children and shows the way they think and feel - about the people around them, time and beauty, noise, and themselves.

Naoki abundantly proves that autistic people do possess imagination, humour and empathy, but also makes clear, with great poignancy, how badly they need our compassion, patience and understanding.

David Mitchell and his wife have translated Naoki's book so that it might help others dealing with autism, and generally illuminate a little-understood condition. Like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, it gives us an exceptional chance to enter the mind of another and see the world from a strange and fascinating perspective.

©2007 Naoki Higashida; translation © 2013 KA Yoshida and David Mitchell (P)2013 Hodder & Stoughton Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Neurodiversity Autism
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Such a beautiful book with incredible insights in to the world of autism. Highly recommended

Beautiful

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I found this very insightful and filled me with hope and happiness. Thank you for this book Naoki

Very helpful

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As an autistic woman i have a different relationship with autism than the author, but this is such a beautiful and well written description of what it’s like to live in a world not made for you. i definitely recommend this book!

a beautiful book

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This book was so useful for us understanding our son and his view of the world.

Emotional, eye opening, all humans need to read

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Such a nice book to understand what’s going on in the little mind of autistic child. Every one should listen this book.
Love it

Such a nice book

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