The Reason I Jump

Nonverbal autistic teenager Naoki Higashida’s best-selling 2007 account of life through his eyes served as the springboard for this remarkable documentary exploration, as passages from Higashida’s work are juxtaposed with shared testimonials from five young autistic individuals and their families from around the world--America, Britain, India, and Sierra Leone--to bring a telling perspective on a non-neurotypical existence’s causes and effects. 82 min. Widescreen; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, descriptive audio; featurette; theatrical trailer.