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When author David Mitchell's son was diagnosed with autism at three years old, the British author and his wife Keiko Yoshida felt lost, unsure of what was happening inside their son’s head.
In an effort to find answers, Yoshida ordered a book from Japan written by non-verbal autistic teenager Naoki Higashida. Entitled The Reason I Jump, the book was a revelation for the couple who gained a deeper understanding into their son’s behaviours.
The pair went on to translate the book into English, and it has since inspired a documentary film of the same name, following the daily experience of five people with non-verbal autisms.
Mitchell is the author of Cloud Atlas, The Bone Clocks, Number9Dream, Utopia Avenue and more.
He told Kim Hill that Higashida's book has highlighted the mismatch between how society boxes people with autism, and their capacity.
"It revealed to me that primarily autism is a communicative disorder, not a cognitive one. That it is always best and most helpful to assume competence. That even in the case of a non-verbal autistic person, what is going on in their heads is as imaginative and enlightened as what is going on in a neurotypical person's head.
"The old myths of autism - meaning that the autistic perso
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David Mitchell (comedian)
British comedian and actor (born 1974)
This article is about the comedian. For other people with the same name, see David Mitchell.
David Mitchell | |
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Mitchell in 2009 | |
| Born | David James Stuart Mitchell (1974-07-14) 14 July 1974 (age 50) Salisbury, England |
| Education | Peterhouse, Cambridge (MA) |
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| Years active | 1995–present |
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| Children | 2 |
David James Stuart Mitchell (born 14 July 1974) is a British comedian, actor and writer. Mitchell rose to prominence alongside Robert Webb as part of the comedy duo Mitchell and Webb. The duo starred in the Channel 4 sitcom Peep Show, in which Mitchell plays Mark Corrigan. He won the British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance in 2009 for his performance. Mitchell and Webb have written and starred in several sketch shows including Bruiser, The Mitchell and Webb Situation, That Mitchell and Webb Sound and That Mitchell and Webb Look. They have also starred in the British version of Apple's "Get a Mac" ad campaign. Their first film, Magicians, was released in 2007. They starred in the short-lived TV series Ambassadors in 2013, and in the Channel 4 comedy-drama Back from 2017 to 2021.
Mitchell starred as Owen in the BBC Rad
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