https://padlet.com/katherinelfern/thereasonijump Behind the Mirror en-us 2019-03-26 14:29:09 UTC 2026-03-26 03:19:00 UTC hello@padlet.com katherinelfern https://padlet.com/katherinelfern/thereasonijump/wish/345283292 2019-03-26 14:34:27 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinelfern/thereasonijump/wish/345283292 katherinelfern https://padlet.com/katherinelfern/thereasonijump/wish/345283564 "Amazing times a million." - Whoopi Goldberg, People

"This is an intimate book, one that brings readers right into the autistic mind." - Chicago Tribune

"The Reason I Jump is Rosetta stone ... It will stretch your vision of what it is to be human." - Andrew Solomon, The Times (UK)]]> 2019-03-26 14:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinelfern/thereasonijump/wish/345283564 katherinelfern https://padlet.com/katherinelfern/thereasonijump/wish/345288628

Written by 13-year-old boy from Japan about what life is like with autism. Translated by David Mitchell and KA Yoshida.

Discusses the disconnect between how we treat people with autism and how they view the world.

Explains how this disconnect makes life with autism more difficult. 

The book is set up almost like an interview, with a series of questions that Naoki responds to.

]]> 2019-03-26 14:42:58 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinelfern/thereasonijump/wish/345288628 katherinelfern https://padlet.com/katherinelfern/thereasonijump/wish/345291407 Naoki Higashida explains how an autistic mind thinks, feels, and perceives. He gives specific examples of what happens in his daily life and what he believes to be the biggest differences and changes that need to be made in how people view and communicate with disabled people. He touches on not only autistic life but life in general and how we should live it fully and happily. ]]> 2019-03-26 14:47:33 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinelfern/thereasonijump/wish/345291407 katherinelfern https://padlet.com/katherinelfern/thereasonijump/wish/345291495 "On our own we simply don't know how to get things done the same way you do things. But, like everyone else, we want to do the best we possibly can. When we sense you've given up on us, it makes us feel miserable. So please keep helping us, through to the end."

"True compassion is about not bruising the other person's self-respect."

"... I've learnt that every human being, with or without disabilities, needs to strive to do their best, and by striving for happiness you will arrive at happiness. For us, you see, having autism is normal - so we can't know for sure what your 'normal' is even like. But so long as we can learn to love ourselves, I'm not sure how much it matters whether we're normal or autist]]> 2019-03-26 14:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinelfern/thereasonijump/wish/345291495 katherinelfern https://padlet.com/katherinelfern/thereasonijump/wish/345291914 2019-03-26 14:48:21 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinelfern/thereasonijump/wish/345291914 katherinelfern https://padlet.com/katherinelfern/thereasonijump/wish/345295663

Neurologically based 

Genetic predisposition 

Impairments in social reciprocity, communication, and repetitive behaviors

]]> 2019-03-26 14:53:55 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinelfern/thereasonijump/wish/345295663 katherinelfern https://padlet.com/katherinelfern/thereasonijump/wish/345297021 Complex neurobehavioral condition that includes impairments in social interactions and developmental language and communication skills combined with repetitive behaviors. ]]> 2019-03-26 14:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinelfern/thereasonijump/wish/345297021 katherinelfern https://padlet.com/katherinelfern/thereasonijump/wish/345357905 "When I was small, I didn't even know that I was a kid with special needs. How did I find out? By other people telling me that I was different from everyone else, and that this was a problem."

"I've started imagining what it would be like if everyone was autistic. If autism was regarded simply as a personality type, things would be so much easier and happier for us than they are now."]]> 2019-03-26 16:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/katherinelfern/thereasonijump/wish/345357905