The Reason I Jump
Subtitle: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Translated from: jpn
Translation of: 自閉症の僕が跳びはねる理由～会話のできない中学生がつづる内なる心～
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9780812994865
Other titles: 自閉症の僕が跳びはねる理由～会話のできない中学生がつづる内なる心～
Description: Written by a very smart, very self-aware, and very charming thirteen-year-old boy with autism, this memoir demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds in ways few of us can imagine. 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. 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. Naoki shares his unique point of view on not only autism but life itself. His insights, into the mystery of words, the wonders of laughter, and the elusiveness of memory, are so startling, so strange, and so powerful that you will never look at the world the same way again. In his introduction, novelist David Mitchell writes that Naoki's words allowed him to feel, for the first time, as if his own autistic child was explaining what was happening in his mind. This translation was a labor of love by David and his wife, KA Yoshida, so they would be able to share that feeling with friends, the wider autism community, and beyond.--From publisher description.