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About Naoki Higashida
See more books from this AuthorA 13-year-old Japanese author illuminates his autism from within, making a connection with those who find the condition frustrating, mysterious or impenetrable....Anyone struggling to understand autism will be grateful for the book and translation.
Read Full Review of The Reason I Jump: The Inner ... | See more reviews from KirkusConstructed in a series of questions and answers, interspersed with short fictional stories, Higashida gallantly attempts to explain why he and others with autism do the things they do, which often confound caretakers and onlookers. He bares his heart by putting forth the questions people ask, or long to ask...
Read Full Review of The Reason I Jump: The Inner ... | See more reviews from Publishers Weekly“The Reason I Jump” may raise questions, as many books have, about the nature of autism. But it raises questions about translation as well — that “icing.” Translation, at its best, is a dance between an objective search for equivalent language...The parents of an autistic child may not be the best translators for a book by an autistic child.
Read Full Review of The Reason I Jump: The Inner ... | See more reviews from NY TimesWhat sets this book apart from the reams of professional theorising on autism is the fact that it is written by an autistic, and a child to boot. Its short, question-headed chapters aim to disclose the 13-year-old author's "inner self", to make people "understand what we really are, and what we're going through".
Read Full Review of The Reason I Jump: The Inner ... | See more reviews from GuardianIn Mitchell and Yoshida’s translation, he comes across as a thoughtful writer with a lucid simplicity that is both childlike and lyrical. His mind is subtle and ingenious.
Read Full Review of The Reason I Jump: The Inner ... | See more reviews from Financial TimesMany parents of autistic children will want to read THE REASON I JUMP and glean insights and inspiration from it. Since there is currently no cure for autism, the book can only offer a glimpse into the private prison of the disease, not a way out.
Read Full Review of The Reason I Jump: The Inner ...Higashida wants readers to feel his discomfort, and he manages it surprisingly well for a 13-year-old.
Read Full Review of The Reason I Jump: The Inner ... | See more reviews from AV ClubDespite the Herculean effort of translating the autistic experience into language, The Reason I Jump reads effortlessly, each page challenging preconceptions that autistic people lack empathy, humour or imagination.
Read Full Review of The Reason I Jump: The Inner ...This is also a wonderful book to share with children, due to its simplicity. I read sections of it out to my own children, to help them get a better understanding of their little brother’s autism.
Read Full Review of The Reason I Jump: The Inner ...Part memoir and part FAQ session interwoven with short stories and allegories, it brings the fascinating quirks of the autistic mind to life. Even more remarkable is that its author, “severely autistic” Naoki Higashida, was only 13 years old when he wrote it - by spelling out every word on a cardboard alphabet grid.
Read Full Review of The Reason I Jump: The Inner ...No two autistic people are the same, any more than any two non-autistic people are the same, but The Reason I Jump will inevitably provide assurance to anyone who spends time with someone with autism that their efforts to interact are not in vain.
Read Full Review of The Reason I Jump: The Inner ...This translation was a labor of love by David and his wife, KA Yoshida, so they’d be able to share that feeling with friends, the wider autism community, and beyond. Naoki’s book, in its beauty, truthfulness, and simplicity, is a gift to be shared.
Read Full Review of The Reason I Jump: The Inner ...Sometimes, in order to truly understand the nature of a condition, we need to hear from the person suffering. Such is the case with this slight but powerful book by an autistic Japanese schoolboy, Naoki Higashida.
Read Full Review of The Reason I Jump: The Inner ...Naoki Higashida is a severely autistic schoolboy. The insights he offers into his cut-off world are nothing short of revelatory.
Read Full Review of The Reason I Jump: The Inner ...Brilliantly he unpacks the confusing world that he lives in and the confused world that rushes to wrap him in cotton wool, pointing out – as Mitchell expounds too – that those with autism actually have an excess of the qualities they are supposed to (apparently) lack.
Read Full Review of The Reason I Jump: The Inner ...Books as clear, poignant and important as this should instantly become reading list material for anyone wanting to broaden their horizons and understand more about helping people suffering from autism.
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