Falcarragh reviewed The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida
Review of 'The Reason I Jump' on 'Storygraph'
5 stars
What an amazing accomplishment. I've never read anything written by an autistic person. This was so insightful!
What an amazing accomplishment. I've never read anything written by an autistic person. This was so insightful!
Reading "The Reason I Jump" is the best way I've found to improve one's understanding of how a person with Autism thinks and feels. It's an amazing perspective, described well, by 13-year-old Naoki.
The clarity with which I can understand the author's point of view is astounding. This is both a wonderful personal story, and also a way to better understand people whose brains work differently than mine. I was touched and felt so many (generally positive) emotions while reading this. I highly recommend it.
Curiously engaging as a non-fiction personal account of the interior experience of autism. Many layers of translation dilemmas and questions here, but the basic story of fear, disconnection from ones own body and mind, and deep empathy is worth considering.