NHK Documentaries

What You Taught Me About My Son (2017x32)

Air date: Apr 29, 2017

In 2007, an unknown Japanese youth with severe autism wrote a book of essays in Japanese titled The Reason I Jump. Authored by Naoki Higashida, it reveals the inner heart of a person with autism and has become an international bestseller translated into over 20 languages. This success is due to author David Mitchell, who has an autistic son.