This full length episode follows from the October 26 previewepisode titled Higashida’s Alphabet Grid. In this review of Fall Down 7 Times Get Up 8, advocate Beth McBarnett joins me, Dr. Dana Colarusso, in a methodical consideration of this work as both a unique portrait of one man's experience of autism in his own words (published pre-AI, no less!), and a starlit sky of guidance for understanding autism from the inside out. Along the way, we marvel at the evidence of one man's transformation from non-verbal autistic to a far-reaching authorial voice.Bibliographic Information: Title: Fall Down 7 Times Get Up Eight: A young man’svoice from the silence of autism by Naoki Higashida. With introduction by David Mitchell.Originally written in Japanese - translated by KA Yoshidaand David Mitchel. Published in UK by Random House, July 2017Published in Canada by Knop, July 2017Music for this podcast composed by and used with the permission of Peter J de Mello.

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