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The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida6/21/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Since Higashida lacks a genuine ability to use either written or verbal language, researchers dismiss all claims that Higashida actually wrote the book himself. The book alleges that its author, Higashida, learned to communicate using the scientifically discredited techniques of facilitated communication and rapid prompting. The English translation, by Keiko Yoshida and her husband, English author David Mitchell, was published in 2013. ![]() The Reason I Jump: One Boy's Voice from the Silence of Autism ( Japanese: 自閉症の僕が跳びはねる理由~会話のできない中学生がつづる内なる心~, Hepburn: Jiheishō no Boku ga Tobihaneru Riyū ~Kaiwa no Dekinai Chūgakusei ga Tsuzuru Uchinaru Kokoro~) is a biography attributed to Naoki Higashida, a nonverbal autistic person from Japan. ![]()
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