by Naoki Higashida
There are two reasons I choose this book. One, because I’ve heard so much about it (including from my sister—hi, Kathy!). Two, because of David Mitchell. I’m super excited about the upcoming THE BONE CLOCKS and wanted to read and review this and CLOUD ATLAS leading up to that. THE REASON I JUMP not ...
The Reason I Jump is the memoir of a Japanese boy, Naoki Higashida who, at the time of its writing, was thirteen. Naoki, who is autistic and writes with the aid of a visual alphabet card, offers his answers to a series of questions (including, of course, "What's the reason you jump?"). I knew nothin...
I can't recall where I had first hear about this book, but wherever I saw it, it definitely piqued my interest.At first I was quite impressed with the author's ability to express his thought and feelings in a fairly coherent manner, but as I moved on in the book I started to become skeptical of how ...
Review first published on my blog: http://memoriesfrombooks.blogspot.com/2014/01/the-reason-i-jump.htmlNaoki Higashida is a young author of several fiction and nonfiction books. He is also an advocate for autism awareness. He was also diagnosed as severely autistic at age 5. He learned how to commu...
An excellent look into the mind of an autistic child.
Simple questions and simple answers with a few short stories in between. And pictures. That's what's in this book, except it's not quite as simple as that when the author is autistic and trying to explain how his mind works. It's a clear, easy—and a short—read with practical advice to "normal" peopl...
Written by Naoki Higashida at the age of 13, this slim book uses a question and answer format in which the author provides previously unshared insight into the thoughts, feelings, and experiences of the autistic. Popular among carers for autistic children in Japan, The Reason I Jump caught the atten...
I would be skeptical that this book was written by any 13 year-old, with or without autism. I'm putting it on my shelf next to "Three Cups of Tea" and "A Million Little Pieces." This is the longer review I wrote on Amazon.com (under the pseudonym Bruno T.)http://www.amazon.com/review/R1XCQAT74K4V41/...
This is the most touching and rare story I've had the privilege to read. I was brought to tears multiple times throughout the book. Naoki gives readers the gift of seeing inside the motivations and thoughts of an autistic child. I can't imagine how difficult this was to write, but I feel honored to ...
I'll put this back on my wishlist if proof appears that it wasn't written using "Facilitatated Communication."
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