ACTION in Autism will host a special screening of the award-winning film, The Reason I Jump, based on the book by Japanese author, Naoki Higashida, who is autistic, and was thirteen at the time of writing it.
This will be a fundraiser for the organisation that supports people with autism and their families through the provision of services and resources. T
Through his writing, Higashida maps the experiences of being autistic and translates these experiences for a neurotypical readership – the hyper-focus, the destabilisation, the social difficulties as well as the unique joys and benefits of thinking in a way that is neurologically atypical.
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The internationally celebrated book was first published in Japanese in 2007 and later translated into English. The process was supported and publicly endorsed by the renowned novelist David Mitchell, who has an autistic son. The cinematic version of The Reason I Jump, created by film-maker Jerry Rothwell, won the Audience Award: World Cinema Documentary at Sundance in 2020.
It is brought to Durban through an exciting partnership between Videovision Entertainment and Action in Autism. The screening of this powerful documentary aims to raise much-needed funds for Action in Autism’s two flagship projects, the Early Intervention and Therapy Centre, and the Shahumna Centre, a skills transference and business hub for adults with autism and related neurological conditions.
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“This fundraiser speaks to who we are. It empowers and teaches people about a world of which they know very little,” said Liza Aziz, Action in Autism’s chairperson and the parent of an adult autistic son.
Tickets are R120. To book your seat(s), contact 031 563 3039 or email info@actioninautism.org.za.
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