046 The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida

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Julia, Victoria, and guest Hayoung Roh learn more about autism this week with Naoki Higashida’s debut book The Reason I Jump about his experience as a nonverbal autistic boy growing up in Japan. Julia is autistic, Hayoung has a brother with autism, and Victoria is their friend who’s trying to learn as much as humanly possible to be supportive; so whether you’ve done tons of research on autism or have no idea what’s going on, you’re in good company! With Naoki Higashida’s help, we’ll work together to unlearn our biases and try to find actionable ways to make the world a better place.

Mentioned in the Episode:

• The Reason I Jump film at Sundance

• Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8 by Naoki Higashida

• Higashida’s website, blog, and other Japanese publications

Julia’s Autism Starter Pack:

• Neurotribes by Steve Silberman

• Autism in Heels by Jennifer O’Toole

• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon

• Autism Self Advocacy Network

• Autism Women & Nonbinary Network

• “Don’t Mourn for Us” by Jim Sinclair

• “What Women With Autism Want You to Know” on Youtube

• Autism Stories podcast

• Them Aspergers podcast

• Girl in Space podcast

• Unnmasked on instagram

• the.autisticats on instagram

• theautisticlife on instagram

• Douglas by Hannah Gadsby on Netflix

• Atypical on Netflix

• It’s Ok To Not Be Ok on Netflix

• The Lynx Project autism advocacy series

• Mitchell’s Life With Autism blog

What We’re Obsessed With:

• BTS!!! (watch their Carpool Karaoke with James Corden for instant serotonin)

• Worm audiobook (fan-made)

Next Week:

• Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri