![]() ![]() The one thing that unifies these people (besides ASD, obviously) is that they have all developed some form of communication. ![]() Others such as long-time friends Ben and Emma have developed communication through character boards and the assistance of speech therapist Elizabeth Vosseller. ![]() Some, such as the British teenager Joss, attend residential school, much to the heartbreak of his parents. Showing how they live, how ASD affects them, how it affects their parents and the tools they use to navigate the world. The film serves as a window into the lives of five different Autistic people. All while providing one of the most potent attempts to use the language of cinema to replicate their perspective. The film takes that mission statement and expands it out, beyond Higashida’s experience to cover a variety of severely Autistic young people, both verbal and non-verbal. Using his personal experiences, memories and interactions with others to translate how his mind works to a neuro-typical reader. Supposedly written using facilitated communication techniques, the book attempts to articulate Higashida’s first-person understanding of the disorder. The Reason I Jump is based on the bestselling memoir by the nonverbal Autistic Naoki Higashida. ![]()
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