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“What brought you here isn't your fault. We human beings have to live each day to its fullest and do our best in whatever environment we find ourselves in. There's no need to feel any shame just because your "fullest" and "best" look different from those of others.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“I would like people to stop pressuring children to make friends. Friendships can鈥檛 be artificially created.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“The best reaction to our mistakes will vary from person to person, and according to his or her age, but please remember: for people with autism, the pain of being unable to do what we鈥檇 like to is already hard to live with. Pain arising from other people鈥檚 reactions to our mistakes can break our hearts.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“People can only understand their own pain. Even a genuine desire to help a person with a disability can become a burden or a discouragement for the person on the receiving end. It is important for helpers and therapists to ask themselves, If I was the person I鈥檓 helping 鈥� ? It would be useful also if they double-checked that the assistance they鈥檙e offering is of real relevance to the person with special needs, and not about gratifying their own desire to care.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“There are times when all goes well, when I compose a sentence and stand back just to enjoy it. This sensation is like admiring a tall building I've designed. With luck, the building has no wasteful elements and every detail is noted and works. It blends in with the surrounding scenery and looks as if it was always meant to be here. These are the buildings I aim to construct.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“There's no need to feel any shame just because your "fullest" and "best" look different from those of others.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“On the surface, a sheltered life spent on your favourite activities might look like paradise but I believe that unless you come into contact with some of the hardships other people endure, your own personal development will be impaired.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“I love nature, I have an interest in letters and numbers, and I鈥檓 fascinated by some things that other people have no interest in whatsoever. If these fascinations are rooted in my autistically wired brain and if neurotypical people are unable to access these wonders, then I have to say that the immutable beauties of autism are such that I count myself lucky to be born with the condition.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“Any given therapy method might well work to some degree for some people with autism, but no approach will work across the board for every person with the condition.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“Education is supposed to help the child and parents: it mustn鈥檛 end up being a kind of holding cell. For this reason, our education must not be overly defined by the views of outsiders, or be unquestioningly compliant with the values and beliefs of specialists. Of paramount importance is that the special needs education be a suitable fit for each and every student.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“As far as I鈥檓 concerned, there鈥檚 no need whatsoever to 鈥減ractice being bullied.鈥� Acquiring superpowers of endurance is not something children need to be learning before they enter society at large. It is only the person being bullied who understands the true cost of what they suffer. People with no experience of being bullied have no idea how miserable it is to grow up being picked on the whole time.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“If I tried to describe what it鈥檚 like to be nonverbal in the World of the Verbal in a single word, I鈥檇 choose this one: agony. And yet, this is also true: if we know there is even a single person who understands what it鈥檚 like for us, that鈥檚 solace enough to give us hope.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“What I wish to say is this: the value of a person shouldn鈥檛 be fixed solely by his or her skills and talents鈥攐r lack of them. It鈥檚 how you strive to live well that allows others to understand your awesomeness as a human being. This miraculous quality touches people. Via this 鈥渉ow,鈥� people consider the sanctity and validity of everyone鈥檚 life, whether special needs are involved or not.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“There are reasons why people with autism exist in the world, I believe. Those who are determined to live with us and not give up on us are deeply compassionate people, and this kind of compassion must be a key to humanity's long-term survival.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“there's a world of difference between merely seeing a thing and knowing what it is.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“When boundaries of behavior are set, it鈥檚 crucial to respect those boundaries, but it鈥檚 doubly crucial that the boundaries are appropriate and realistic for the person and context in the first place.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“The more frantic and desperate I become, the more I punch myself: by now, it鈥檚 no longer about punishing my brain, it鈥檚 about punishing myself for having lost the plot so woefully. If, however, people don鈥檛 flip out at the sight of me and understand next time you see someone like me in mid-meltdown, I鈥檇 ask you to conduct yourself with this knowledge.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“Among people who have autism and speech challenges, I think there will always be individuals whose 鈥渧erbal blocks鈥� come from the same place as mine. They too, I believe, can unlock language by referencing common points between memory scenes and the moment they鈥檙e in. This might take a great deal of practice, but their family, helpers and teachers mustn鈥檛 give up on them. The person with special needs will sense that resignation, lose their motivation and stop trying to speak. This can erode even their will to live. Believe me. Communication is the person, to a major degree. Please don鈥檛 be the first to walk away.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“People with autism might need more time, but as we grow there are countless things that we can learn how to do, so even if you can鈥檛 see your efforts bear fruit, please don鈥檛 quit. Our lives are still ahead of us. Some kinds of success can be won by, and only by, sheer effort and sweat. We all have to bear in mind that adulthood lasts a lot longer than childhood.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“Happiness that comes at someone else's expense isn't happiness - especially if that someone else is precious to you.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“The value of a person shouldn't be decided by the judgements of other people. Kindness brings out the best in us all.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“There are times when I wonder where this disability "autism" comes from. Could it have been created, I wonder, by humankind itself? I can't help but feel that some imbalance in this world first caused neuro-atypical people to be needed and then brought into being. This isn't to say that all of us are delighted to be the way we are all the time, of course. But I refuse to accept it when people view us as incomplete or partial human beings; I prefer to believe that people with autism are every bit as whole as anyone else. We might be different from the majority in diverse ways, but why are these differences negative things?”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“Thanks to [language], human beings - and we alone - can truly enter and explore the feelings of others. What an extraordinary skill.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“Your child, too, will one day be an adult. For them to live life with the same degree of independence as neurotypical offspring might be difficult, but one day your child-rearing, child-minding days will come to an end. Parents grow older until they can no longer look after their adult children. The period in which we are together as parents and child is finite. So please, while the child still is a child, and while you鈥檙e still around to do so, support them well. Laugh together and share your stories. You won鈥檛 be revisiting these years. Value them.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“Yes, raising a child with autism can be highly demanding, but please remember, just as you worry about your child, so your child worries about you.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“Traveling with people who have special needs might present difficulties, but please, let it happen. We all need a break and a change of scene sometimes. This is as true for us as it is for you.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“My point: please don鈥檛 think that by not pushing someone toward a goal or by not stretching their abilities, you鈥檙e automatically making it easier for them to arrive. Life isn鈥檛 that great for turtles, and plodding along tortoise-like is no picnic either.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“The neurotypical public needs to know that the failure of people with autism to communicate doesn鈥檛 stem from inner self-imprisonment: it stems from a failure of others to see that we are open and receptive. To venture out into the world requires help from other people.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“Children with disabilities might, to your eyes, look stuck in a perpetual childhood, but our thoughts and sensibilities evolve constantly. So, using vocabulary the child understands, please show them how they can live their lives to the full.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism

“My father and my mother have not only given me love; they have created memories that will warm and nourish me, always. By sharing their lives, by their mutual sympathy and support鈥攁nd by weathering rough patches鈥攖hey renew our family鈥檚 togetherness. This is a lesson. Money cannot buy it.”
― Naoki Higashida, Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8: A Young Man's Voice from the Silence of Autism