02066cam a2200373 i 4500 299467198 TxGeo 20170721120000.0 170321s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017004105 9780812997392 hbk. 0812997395 hbk. (OCoLC)961250170 TxGeo rda eng jpn Higashida, Naoki, 1992- Fall down 7 times get up 8 : a young man's voice from the silence of autism / Naoki Higashida ; translated by K A Yoshida and David Mitchell ; introduction by David Mitchell. Fall down seven times get up eight. First edition. New York, NY : Random House, 2017. xxiii, 206 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "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. He also 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 book is 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"-- Provided by publisher. 20170726. Translated from the Japanese. Higashida, Naoki 1992- Health. Autistic people Japan Biography. Autistic people Psychology. Autism. Japanese language materials Translations into English. QS5