02833cam a2200397 i 4500 629807210 TxAuBib 20131231120000.0 121203s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012045703 9780812994865 acid-free paper 0812994868 acid-free paper (OCoLC)816027086 DLC DLC eng eng rda rda DLC rda BTCTA rda DLC BDX OCLCO O2C SINLB ABG BUR YDXCP CDX CLU NSB TXDPL TxAuBib BTCTA BDX OCLCO O2C SINLB ABG BUR YDXCP CDX CLU NSB TXDPL TxAuBib rda eng jpn Higashida, Naoki, 1992- Jiheishō no boku ga tobihaneru riyū English. The reason I jump : the inner voice of a thirteen-year-old boy with autism / by Naoki Higashida ; translated by KA Yoshida and David Mitchell. First edition. New York : Random House, 2013. xvii, 135 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally published in Japanese by Escor Publishers Ltd. in 2007"--Title page verso. 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. 1000L Lexile. Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 5.8 3 165557. 20131231. Higashida, Naoki 1992- Autistic people Japan Biography. Autistic people Psychology. Autism. Biographies. TXBRI