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21%OFFNaoki Higashida - The Reason I Jump: one boy´s voice from the silence of autism - 9781444776775 - 9781444776775
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The Reason I Jump: one boy´s voice from the silence of autism

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Description for The Reason I Jump: one boy´s voice from the silence of autism Paperback. The No. 1 Sunday Times and internationally bestselling account of life as an autistic child. 'Brilliant .. both moving and strangely optimistic' (Daily Telegraph). Translator(s): Mitchell, David; Yoshida, Keiko. Num Pages: 192 pages, 11. BIC Classification: BGA; MJNA; VFJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 186.

The No. 1 Sunday Times and internationally bestselling account of life as a child with autism, now an award-winning documentary film.

'It will stretch your vision of what it is to be human' Andrew Solomon, The Times
What is it like to have autism? How can we know what a person - especially a child - with autism is thinking and feeling?

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 ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781444776775
SKU
9781444776775
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About Naoki Higashida
Naoki Higashida was born in Kimitsu, Japan in 1992. He was diagnosed with autism in 1998 and subsequently attended a school for students with special needs, then (by correspondence) Atmark Cosmopolitan High School, graduating in 2011. Having learnt to use a method of communication based on an alphabet grid, Naoki wrote The Reason I Jump when he was thirteen and ... Read more

Reviews for The Reason I Jump: one boy´s voice from the silence of autism
An extraordinary account of how autism feels from the inside.
Observer
The most remarkable book of the year. The book throws a pontoon bridge over the chasm dividing autistic and neuro-typical experience.
Charlotte Moore, Books of the Year 2013
Spectator
The Reason I Jump reads effortlessly, each page challenging preconceptions that autistic people lack empathy, ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Reason I Jump: one boy´s voice from the silence of autism


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