{"id":3398,"date":"2024-11-20T18:35:24","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T10:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsercca.cn\/?p=3398"},"modified":"2024-11-20T18:35:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T10:35:38","slug":"the-reason-i-jump-the-inner-voice-of-a-thirteen-year-old-boy-with-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsercca.cn\/index.php\/2024\/11\/20\/the-reason-i-jump-the-inner-voice-of-a-thirteen-year-old-boy-with-autism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201cOne of the most remarkable books I\u2019ve ever read. It\u2019s truly moving, eye-opening, incredibly vivid.\u201d\u2014Jon Stewart,\u00a0<\/span>The Daily Show<\/span><\/p>\n

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY<\/span>
\nNPR \u2022\u00a0<\/span>The Wall Street Journal \u2022\u00a0Bloomberg Business \u2022\u00a0Bookish<\/span><\/p>\n

FINALIST FOR THE BOOKS FOR A BETTER LIFE FIRST BOOK AWARD \u2022\u00a0<\/span>NEW YORK TIMES<\/span>\u00a0BESTSELLER<\/span><\/p>\n

You\u2019ve never read a book like\u00a0The Reason I Jump<\/span>. 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.<\/p>\n

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. Questions such as: \u201cWhy do people with autism talk so loudly and weirdly?\u201d \u201cWhy do you line up your toy cars and blocks?\u201d \u201cWhy don\u2019t you make eye contact when you\u2019re talking?\u201d and \u201cWhat\u2019s the reason you jump?\u201d (Naoki\u2019s answer: \u201cWhen I\u2019m jumping, it\u2019s as if my feelings are going upward to the sky.\u201d) With disarming honesty and a generous heart, Naoki shares his unique point of view on not only autism but life itself. His insights\u2014into the mystery of words, the wonders of laughter, and the elusiveness of memory\u2014are so startling, so strange, and so powerful that you will never look at the world the same way again.<\/p>\n

In his introduction, bestselling novelist David Mitchell writes that Naoki\u2019s words allowed him to feel, for the first time, as if his own autistic child was explaining what was happening in his mind. \u201cIt is no exaggeration to say that\u00a0The Reason I Jump<\/span>\u00a0allowed me to round a corner in our relationship.\u201d This translation was a labor of love by David and his wife, KA Yoshida, so they\u2019d be able to share that feeling with friends, the wider autism community, and beyond. Naoki\u2019s book, in its beauty, truthfulness, and simplicity, is a gift to be shared.<\/p>\n

Praise for\u00a0<\/span>The Reason I Jump<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is an intimate book, one that brings readers right into an autistic mind.\u201d\u2014<\/span>Chicago Tribune\u00a0<\/span>(Editor\u2019s Choice)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAmazing times a million.\u201d\u2014Whoopi Goldberg,\u00a0<\/span>People<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Reason I Jump<\/span>\u00a0is a Rosetta stone. . . . This book takes about ninety minutes to read, and it will stretch your vision of what it is to be human.\u201d\u2014Andrew Solomon,\u00a0<\/span>The Times\u00a0<\/span>(U.K.)<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cExtraordinary, moving, and jeweled with epiphanies.\u201d\u2014The Boston Globe<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSmall but profound . . . [Higashida\u2019s] startling, moving insights offer a rare look inside the autistic mind.\u201d\u2014<\/span>Parade<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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