自閉症の僕の七転び八起き

by Naoki Higashida

重度の自閉症者ながら文字盤やパソコンを使って言葉を発し続けてきた東田直樹。「自閉症」という障害への思い、会話ができないからこそ見えてくる日常の様々な気づき。著者の「七転び八起き」の歩みが詰まった一冊！

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About the author

Naoki Higashida (東田 直樹 Higashida Naoki) is the Japanese author of The Reason I Jump: One Boy's Voice from the Silence of Autism. He was born in 1992 and diagnosed with autism when he was five. He was 13 years old when he wrote the book which was published in English in 2013. Reviews have been mixed, both celebrating the accomplishment of a mentally and emotionally challenged young author and expressing discomfort with the involvement of Higashida's communications facilitator (his mother) and English language translators (Keiko Yoshida and her husband David Mitchell).

Source: Wikipedia.