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# The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism

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Review: This Was an amazing Book - There are so many books out there on autism but very few that actually give you answers. Many books give medical information or statistics that don't help when all you want to know is what an autistic child is thinking. The Reason I Jump is the best and most helpful book I have ever read. Throughout the book there are many personal answers that pertain to the life of Naoki Higashida but they may also pertain to someone else going through life with autism. This book was so great because even through Naiko gave us answers that were very clear to all question he also gave us ways to understand better. The many short stories throughout the book gave us the ability to understand exactly what he was talking about. When educating yourself on any subject it is important to walk a mile in someone else's shoes to get a firm understanding and that's what this did. When in a family with an autistic child things can get so frustrating. It is not only hard when you don't understand what our child wants but it's hard to know that they need something and you are unable to know what that something is. Naoki makes it easier for anyone to understand an autistic child. He gives you all the answers to everything you have been wondering. Even though not everyone who is autistic is the same this books gives you the ability to at least having a starting point which is important. I loved reading this book and saw it as very helpful. Although I don't have a child that is autistic or spend every day living with someone who is, I do a ton of work with an autistic child and I found this amazing. Everything I read in this book I was able to relate to that child and now I am able to handle him better when needed. This book should be red by everyone because there are things that we all wonder that this book answers. Autism is something that is to talked about enough because people don't have enough knowledge but reading this book can be a first step into understanding which is very important.
Review: Enter the mind of an autistic child in 'The Reason I Jump' - When an autistic child screams at inconsequential things, or bangs her head against the floor, or rocks back and forth for hours, parents despair at understanding why. Why are you so upset? Why do you hurt yourself? Why can't you tell me what's wrong? They fight to break through, to somehow communicate with the mind they know is in there, but when the child is nonverbal all parents have to go on is largely guesswork and the occasional adult memoir from someone who has long since learned to deal with their difficulties. That is, until 13-year-old Naoki Higashida pointed at an alphabet board letter by letter and painstakingly wrote a book about himself. “The Reason I Jump” is an extremely moving and candid book, mostly composed of Q&As that most people would never be so rude to ask but are desperate to know. “Why do you flap your hands in front of your face?” “Why do you get lost so often?” “Why can you never stay still?” “Why do people with autism talk so loudly and weirdly?” “Why don't you make eye contact when you're talking?” And, of course, “What's the reason you jump?” 58 questions in all, every one answered with honesty, humor, and a plaintive plea for understanding. It's the breakthrough that every parent or caregiver of an autistic child longs for. Why does he repeat questions he already knows the answer to? Because his memory doesn't work as linearly as most people, Naoki says, and it helps him concentrate. But also because he's playing with words. “We aren't good at conversation, and however hard we try, we'll never speak as effortlessly as you do,” he said. “Repeating these is great fun. It's like a game of catch with a ball. Unlike the words we're ordered to say, repeating questions we already know the answers to can be a pleasure -- it's playing with sound and rhythm.” Naoki also includes a few prose pieces and a short story as he strives to explain what daily life is like for him. If there's a theme, it's that autism for Naoki means experiencing everything -- sights, sounds, scents, memories -- without filters and with little control or priority, and everything he does is an effort to focus, to dial the stimulus down to something manageable, to take away uncertainty. Wiggling his fingers in front of his face helps soften harsh lights. Commercials are wonderful because they're very short and he knows how they end. Spinning things is fascinating because while they spin, they move with perfect regularity. Disruptions to a routine are disastrous because then his future is impossible to predict. “Unchanging things are comforting,” he said, “and there's something beautiful about that.” “This Reason I Jump” has been very popular in Japan since Naoki wrote it in 2006. The new English translation is by author David Mitchell (“The Cloud Atlas”) and his wife KA Yoshida, who translated it for their own use after they found it helped them understand their autistic son, and it's easy to see why it has struck a chord with so many people. For caregivers of an autistic child it's an unexpected godsend, a translator for a land they can't visit. But even if none of your relatives are autistic, you will certainly encounter people with varying degrees of these traits throughout your life -- autism covers a wide spectrum of conditions -- and the insights Naoki provides are invaluable. That said, autistic people have their own reasons for the things they do, just as “normal” people do, and Naoki's answers ultimately explain only Naoki. But the hidden value of the book, as Mitchell says in his forward, is what it reveals about the mind of an autistic child. “It offers up proof that locked inside the helpless-seeming autistic body is a mind as curious, subtle sand complex as yours, as anyone's,” he said. So why does Naoki jump? Because it's fun. Because when he jumps he can really feel where his body parts are and what they're doing for once. And because it feels as if he's “shaking loose the ropes that are tying down my body. “When I jump, I feel lighter, and I think the reason my body is drawn skyward is that the motion makes me want to change into a bird and fly off to some faraway place.”

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #11,541 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #6 in Children & Adolescent's Autism Spectrum #19 in Parenting Books on Children with Disabilities #365 in Memoirs (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars (12,619) |
| Dimensions  | 5.18 x 0.57 x 7.99 inches |
| Edition  | Reprint |
| ISBN-10  | 081298515X |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0812985153 |
| Item Weight  | 2.31 pounds |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 208 pages |
| Publication date  | March 22, 2016 |
| Publisher  | Random House Trade Paperbacks |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This Was an amazing Book
*by H***O on August 18, 2017*

There are so many books out there on autism but very few that actually give you answers. Many books give medical information or statistics that don't help when all you want to know is what an autistic child is thinking. The Reason I Jump is the best and most helpful book I have ever read. Throughout the book there are many personal answers that pertain to the life of Naoki Higashida but they may also pertain to someone else going through life with autism. This book was so great because even through Naiko gave us answers that were very clear to all question he also gave us ways to understand better. The many short stories throughout the book gave us the ability to understand exactly what he was talking about. When educating yourself on any subject it is important to walk a mile in someone else's shoes to get a firm understanding and that's what this did. When in a family with an autistic child things can get so frustrating. It is not only hard when you don't understand what our child wants but it's hard to know that they need something and you are unable to know what that something is. Naoki makes it easier for anyone to understand an autistic child. He gives you all the answers to everything you have been wondering. Even though not everyone who is autistic is the same this books gives you the ability to at least having a starting point which is important. I loved reading this book and saw it as very helpful. Although I don't have a child that is autistic or spend every day living with someone who is, I do a ton of work with an autistic child and I found this amazing. Everything I read in this book I was able to relate to that child and now I am able to handle him better when needed. This book should be red by everyone because there are things that we all wonder that this book answers. Autism is something that is to talked about enough because people don't have enough knowledge but reading this book can be a first step into understanding which is very important.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Enter the mind of an autistic child in 'The Reason I Jump'
*by C***S on June 24, 2014*

When an autistic child screams at inconsequential things, or bangs her head against the floor, or rocks back and forth for hours, parents despair at understanding why. Why are you so upset? Why do you hurt yourself? Why can't you tell me what's wrong? They fight to break through, to somehow communicate with the mind they know is in there, but when the child is nonverbal all parents have to go on is largely guesswork and the occasional adult memoir from someone who has long since learned to deal with their difficulties. That is, until 13-year-old Naoki Higashida pointed at an alphabet board letter by letter and painstakingly wrote a book about himself. “The Reason I Jump” is an extremely moving and candid book, mostly composed of Q&As that most people would never be so rude to ask but are desperate to know. “Why do you flap your hands in front of your face?” “Why do you get lost so often?” “Why can you never stay still?” “Why do people with autism talk so loudly and weirdly?” “Why don't you make eye contact when you're talking?” And, of course, “What's the reason you jump?” 58 questions in all, every one answered with honesty, humor, and a plaintive plea for understanding. It's the breakthrough that every parent or caregiver of an autistic child longs for. Why does he repeat questions he already knows the answer to? Because his memory doesn't work as linearly as most people, Naoki says, and it helps him concentrate. But also because he's playing with words. “We aren't good at conversation, and however hard we try, we'll never speak as effortlessly as you do,” he said. “Repeating these is great fun. It's like a game of catch with a ball. Unlike the words we're ordered to say, repeating questions we already know the answers to can be a pleasure -- it's playing with sound and rhythm.” Naoki also includes a few prose pieces and a short story as he strives to explain what daily life is like for him. If there's a theme, it's that autism for Naoki means experiencing everything -- sights, sounds, scents, memories -- without filters and with little control or priority, and everything he does is an effort to focus, to dial the stimulus down to something manageable, to take away uncertainty. Wiggling his fingers in front of his face helps soften harsh lights. Commercials are wonderful because they're very short and he knows how they end. Spinning things is fascinating because while they spin, they move with perfect regularity. Disruptions to a routine are disastrous because then his future is impossible to predict. “Unchanging things are comforting,” he said, “and there's something beautiful about that.” “This Reason I Jump” has been very popular in Japan since Naoki wrote it in 2006. The new English translation is by author David Mitchell (“The Cloud Atlas”) and his wife KA Yoshida, who translated it for their own use after they found it helped them understand their autistic son, and it's easy to see why it has struck a chord with so many people. For caregivers of an autistic child it's an unexpected godsend, a translator for a land they can't visit. But even if none of your relatives are autistic, you will certainly encounter people with varying degrees of these traits throughout your life -- autism covers a wide spectrum of conditions -- and the insights Naoki provides are invaluable. That said, autistic people have their own reasons for the things they do, just as “normal” people do, and Naoki's answers ultimately explain only Naoki. But the hidden value of the book, as Mitchell says in his forward, is what it reveals about the mind of an autistic child. “It offers up proof that locked inside the helpless-seeming autistic body is a mind as curious, subtle sand complex as yours, as anyone's,” he said. So why does Naoki jump? Because it's fun. Because when he jumps he can really feel where his body parts are and what they're doing for once. And because it feels as if he's “shaking loose the ropes that are tying down my body. “When I jump, I feel lighter, and I think the reason my body is drawn skyward is that the motion makes me want to change into a bird and fly off to some faraway place.”

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Pretty Cool Viewpoint -- Insightful
*by G***Y on November 5, 2013*

This is a good book. It reads like a newspaper or magazine article and is clearly another inner voice. I have read Ms. Grandin as well as many others for my own personal reasons. I am positive that anyone who has the honor and privilege of knowing or caring for an autistic child already knows that this young man speaks for himself, and not all autistics. We loved ones want to know that the spark in the eye, or the joy of some small communication, is a sign that something is coming through. When a parent or caretaker receives the evaluation results, it is overwhelming. As recent as nine years ago, Autism was an extremely controversial subject, with very little support, help, or recognition as "...a real affliction...", which the general public are only now starting to understand and accept. Even personally, and in public, I was advised to "keep your child quiet or keep him at home..." when my child had a public meltdown because a woman started a loud hand dryer in the restroom after I asked her if she wouldn't mind waiting to dry her hands for only a moment. Public meltdowns and opinions never bothered me after that... While it is true that we reach for answers and hope, sometimes blindly, it does not make us stupid. Caretakers are intuitive, patient, loving people who only want their child to fit in as best as they can, without others taking advantage or harming them as adults. I recommend it, but only as ANOTHER VIEWPOINT, not as a reference manual.

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