The Reason I Jump: one boy's voice from the silence of autism av Naoki Higashida

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<p><b>The No. 1 <i>Sunday Times</i> and internationally bestselling account of life as a child with autism, now a documentary film Winner of Best Documentary and Best Sound in the British Independent Film Awards 2021.</b><br><br><b>''It will stretch your vision of what it is to be human'' Andrew Solomon, <i>The Times</i></b><br><br>What is it like to have autism? How can we know what a person - especially a child - with autism is thinking and feeling? <br><br> This groundbreaking book, written by Naoki Higashida when he was only thirteen, provides some answers. Severely autistic and non-verbal, Naoki learnt to communicate by using a ''cardboard keyboard'' - and what he has to say gives a rare insight into an autistically-wired mind. He explains behaviour he''s aware can be baffling such as why he likes to jump and why some people with autism dislike being touched; he describes how he perceives and navigates the world, sharing his thoughts and feelings about time, life, beauty and natur