This book is a great insight into a great and creative mind that has been trapped inside a body with fewer outlets then are available to the rest of us, however with patience and understand many other children could be allowed to find their own outlet and unleash their ideas on the world. As Naoki points out they might not look like it but they are learning slowly but surely they are. Yes they might keep doing the same thing when they are told not to, but you still have to keep telling them not to till maybe on the ten million and one time it might get through to the child then they know it for life. the other is the message/theme that Naoki is trying to get across. However it does offer a first hand perspective which is otherwise unheard of. Everyone with Autism or AS is different, but they do share many traits, so as insightful as Naoki's views are for himself might now apply to all children/people. It shows that creative writing is definitely Naoki's outlet and wrenches at my heart that such a creative and intelligent boy has so much problem communicating verbally or in person. these are great and remember the boy was only 13 when he wrote this book. In between questions we are threated to a couple of short stories written by Naoki. Yes all kids do this but is Autistic and AS children seem to take it to another level. "Why do you keep doing the same thing after I have told you a million times not to?". this book did help at the very least it told me that many of the things I questions e.g. I bought this book after a particularly heated argument with my 8 year old. The book reads like a FAQ of questions that anybody especially a parent of children with Autism or Asperger Syndrome have asked/shouted at their children about why they keep doing certain things. This is a great book to be written by someone of any age and the fact that it is written by a 13 year old is amazing. 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. Questions such as: “Why do people with autism talk so loudly and weirdly?” “Why do you line up your toy cars and blocks?” “Why don’t you make eye contact when you’re talking?” and “What’s the reason you jump?” (Naoki’s answer: “When I’m jumping, it’s as if my feelings are going upward to the sky.”) With disarming honesty and a generous heart, Naoki shares his unique point of view on not only autism but life itself. 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. The film distils these elements into a sensually rich tapestry that leads us to Naoki’s core message: not being able to speak does not mean there is nothing to say.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. Moments in the lives of each of the characters are linked by the journey of a young Japanese boy through an epic landscape narrated passages from Naoki’s writing reflect on what his autism means to him and others, how his perception of the world differs, and why he acts in the way he does: the reason he jumps. It opens a window for audiences into an intense and overwhelming, but often joyful, sensory universe. The film blends Higashida's revelatory insights into autism, written when he was just 13, with intimate portraits of five remarkable young people. 2020 Sundance Audience Award Winner (World Cinema, Documentary)Ģ021 British Independent Film Awards Winner (Best Documentary, Best Sound)īased on the best-selling book by Naoki Higashida, THE REASON I JUMP is an immersive cinematic exploration of neurodiversity through the experiences of nonspeaking autistic people from around the world.
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