Fall down 7 times get up 8 : a young man's voice from the silence of autism

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Label

Fall down 7 times get up 8 : a young man's voice from the silence of autism

Title remainder

a young man's voice from the silence of autism

Statement of responsibility

Naoki Higashida ; translated by KA Yoshida and David Mitchell

Title variation

Fall down seven times get up eight

Creator

• Higashida, Naoki, 1992-

Author

• Higashida, Naoki, 1992-

Subject

• Autistic people -- Psychology
• BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical
• Autism
• PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Higashida, Naoki, 1992- -- Health
• Autistic people -- Japan -- Biography

Genre

• Biography

Language

• eng
• jpn
• eng

Summary

• "The author of the bestselling phenomenon The Reason I Jump returns with a unique memoir about life as a young adult with severe autism. With an introduction by David Mitchell, who translated this book with his wife, KA Yoshida, this extraordinary new work explores education, identity, family, society, and personal growth, opening a window into the mind of its nonverbal author and providing remarkable insights into autism in general"--
• "Naoki Higashida wrote The Reason I Jump as a 13-year-old boy. Now, he shares his thoughts and experiences as a 24-year old young man with severe autism. In short, powerful chapters, he explores education, identity, family, society and personal growth. Healso allows readers to experience profound moments we take for granted, like the thought-steps necessary for him to register that it's raining outside. Introduced by award-winning author David Mitchell (co-translator with his wife, KA Yoshida), this bookis part memoir, part critique of a world that sees disabilities ahead of disabled people. It is a self-portrait-in-progress of a young man who happens to have autism, and who wants to help us understand it better"--

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• Provided by publisher
• Provided by publisher

Biography type

autobiography

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

• 616.85/8820092
• B

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction