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A review by radiojen
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism by Naoki Higashida
2.0
I have my doubts
About halfway through, I had this suspicion that this book may not have actually been written by who the book claims to have been written by. I did some research and learned that I'm not the only one to have had that feeling. I do not have a child with autism, but I do have a cousin whose son has severe autism, and plenty of friend who are raising children at all different levels on the spectrum. I had high hopes this book would offer hope, but my gut feeling is that it's little more than snake oil. I would like to think I'm wrong, but if the other reports I've read are true, this boy author never actually even made an appearance on the so-called documentary based on this book.
All that said, if you're still thinking of reading it, the format was easy to read, set up in a question & answer format. The author repeatedly asks the reader to be patient with people with autism & to not fuss at them. A lot of the information presented chapter after chapter is quite repetitive.
About halfway through, I had this suspicion that this book may not have actually been written by who the book claims to have been written by. I did some research and learned that I'm not the only one to have had that feeling. I do not have a child with autism, but I do have a cousin whose son has severe autism, and plenty of friend who are raising children at all different levels on the spectrum. I had high hopes this book would offer hope, but my gut feeling is that it's little more than snake oil. I would like to think I'm wrong, but if the other reports I've read are true, this boy author never actually even made an appearance on the so-called documentary based on this book.
All that said, if you're still thinking of reading it, the format was easy to read, set up in a question & answer format. The author repeatedly asks the reader to be patient with people with autism & to not fuss at them. A lot of the information presented chapter after chapter is quite repetitive.