Fall down seven times, get up eight times

The impressive inner perspective of an autistic young man: Naoki Higashida speaks very little – the language he finds in his books is all the more powerful. With subtle humor, he addresses topics such as school, inclusion, family, travel, and fashion. In doing so, he provides a unique insight into life with severe autism. He is painfully aware of how strange his behavior must seem to others – but he cannot change it. Instead, he strives to promote understanding for people with autism and to encourage our society to see disabled individuals as people, not as problems.