Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice From the Silence of Autism

Naoki Higashida
(Adult Nonfiction - 616.8588 Hig)

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


Anxiety and Mental Health

  • When I Cast Your Shadow


  • Stupid Fast


  • When We Collided


  • Darius the Great is Not Okay


  • Dreaming of Antigone


  • All the Bright Places


  • Sorry to Disrupt the Peace


  • Symptoms of Being Human


  • Goodbye Days


  • Stay: A History of Suicide and Philosophies Against It


  • Dr. Bird’s Advice for Sad Poets


  • The Memory of Light


  • That's Not What Happened


  • Turtles All the Way Down


  • Fear and Anxiety


  • The Anxiety Survival Guide for Teens: CBT Skills to Overcome Fear, Worry, & Panic


  • This Song Will Save Your Life


  • The Astonishing Color of After


  • History is All You Left Me


  • Yoga for your mind and body: a teenage practice for a healthy, balanced life


  • My Heart and Other Black Holes


  • Standard Deviation


  • 8 Keys to Practicing Mindfulness: Practical Strategies for Emotional Health and Well-being


  • Finding Audrey


  • It’s Kind of a Funny Story


  • A Quiet Kind of Thunder


  • 50 things you can do today to manage anxiety


  • Challenger Deep


  • All That I Can Fix


  • Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice From the Silence of Autism


  • Anxiety: a very short introduction