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Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight - A young man's voice from the silence of autism (Standard format, CD, Unabridged edition)
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Fall Down Seven Times, Get Up Eight - A young man's voice from the silence of autism (Standard format, CD, Unabridged edition)
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The Sunday Times bestseller Naoki Higashida met international
success with THE REASON I JUMP, a revelatory account of life as a
thirteen-year-old with non-verbal autism. Now he offers an equally
illuminating insight into autism from his perspective as a young
adult. In concise, engaging pieces, he shares his thoughts and
feelings on a broad menu of topics ranging from school experiences
to family relationships, the exhilaration of travel to the
difficulties of speech. Aware of how mystifying his behaviour can
appear to others, Higashida describes the effect on him of such
commonplace things as a sudden change of plan, or the mental steps
he has to take simply to register that it's raining. Throughout,
his aim is to foster a better understanding of autism and to
encourage those with disabilities to be seen as people, not as
problems. With an introduction by David Mitchell, Fall Down Seven
Times, Get Up Eight includes a dreamlike short story Higashida
wrote for this edition. Both moving and of practical use, the book
opens a window into the mind of an inspiring young man who meets
the challenges of autism with tenacity and good humour. However
often he falls down, he always gets back up.
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