The Reason I Jump

The Inner Voice Of A Thirteen-Year-Old Boy With Autism

2h27min runtime; read by Tom PIcasso, 208 pages

English language

Published Sept. 9, 2013 by Recorded Books.

ASIN:
B00F2QG1E6
3 stars (1 review)

You've never listened to a book like The Reason I Jump. Written by Naoki Higashida, a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, it is a one-of-a-kind memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. Parents and family members who never thought they could get inside the head of their autistic loved one at last have a way to break through to the curious, subtle, and complex life within. Using an alphabet grid to painstakingly construct words, sentences, and thoughts that he is unable to speak out loud, Naoki answers even the most delicate questions that people want to know. Questions such as: "Why do people with autism talk so loudly and weirdly?" "Why do you line up your toy cars and blocks?" "Why don't you make eye contact when you're talking?" and "What's the …

2 editions

Subjects

  • Autistic people
  • Psychology
  • Biography
  • Autism