The reason I jump
Subtitle: the inner voice of a thirteen-year-old boy with autism
By: Naoki Higashida ; introduction by David Mitchell ; translated by KA Yoshida & David Mitchell
Contributors: Mitchell, David (David Stephen), author of introduction, translator; Yoshida, KA, translator; Picasso, Tom, narrator; Recorded Books, LLC
Edition: Unabridged.
Publisher: Recorded Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Prince Frederick, MD
Language: eng
Format: [sound recording] :
Number of pages: 15
ISBN-13: 9781490602905
Subjects: Autistic people; Psychology; Biography; Autism
Work titles: Jiheishō no boku ga tobihaneru riyū
Notes: Compact discs.

"An unabridged performance."

"With tracks every 3 minutes for easy book marking"--Container.

Originally published in print in Japanese by Escor Publishers Ltd. in 2007

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.

Narrated by Tom Picasso.

Title from container.