“I would like people to stop pressuring children to make friends. Friendships can’t be artificially created.” — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“Yes, raising a child with autism can be highly demanding, but please remember, just as you worry about your child, so your… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“Traveling with people who have special needs might present difficulties, but please, let it happen. We all need a break and a… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“Any given therapy method might well work to some degree for some people with autism, but no approach will work across the… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“What matters to people with disabilities is how they can lead rewarding lives twenty or thirty years from now.” — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“What I, as a person with special needs, longed for was to be taught what role, what purpose, I could have in… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“What I wish to say is this: the value of a person shouldn’t be fixed solely by his or her skills and… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
When you see an object, it seems that you see it as an entire thing first, and only afterwards do its details… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“However, why does it so often fail to dawn on them that if we’re smart enough to understand their instructions, we might… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“My point: please don’t think that by not pushing someone toward a goal or by not stretching their abilities, you’re automatically making… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“The best reaction to our mistakes will vary from person to person, and according to his or her age, but please remember:… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“Education is supposed to help the child and parents: it mustn’t end up being a kind of holding cell. For this reason,… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“People with autism might need more time, but as we grow there are countless things that we can learn how to do,… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“When boundaries of behavior are set, it’s crucial to respect those boundaries, but it’s doubly crucial that the boundaries are appropriate and… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“As far as I’m concerned, there’s no need whatsoever to “practice being bullied.” Acquiring superpowers of endurance is not something children need… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“I think that people with autism are born outside the regime of civilization. Sure, this is just my own made-up theory, but… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“Your child, too, will one day be an adult. For them to live life with the same degree of independence as neurotypical… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“... for me the number one reason is that us people with autism love the greenness of nature. ... Our fondness for… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
Criticizing people, winding them up, making idiots of them or fooling them doesn't make people with autism laugh. What makes us smile… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“People can only understand their own pain. Even a genuine desire to help a person with a disability can become a burden… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“So how do people with autism see the world, exactly? We, only we, can ever know the answer to that one! Sometimes… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“We do take pleasure in one thing that you probably won't be able to guess. Namely, making friends with nature. ... nature… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“Children with disabilities might, to your eyes, look stuck in a perpetual childhood, but our thoughts and sensibilities evolve constantly. So, using… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“What brought you here isn't your fault. We human beings have to live each day to its fullest and do our best… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“The more frantic and desperate I become, the more I punch myself: by now, it’s no longer about punishing my brain, it’s… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“If I tried to describe what it’s like to be nonverbal in the World of the Verbal in a single word, I’d… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
People with autism never, ever feel at ease, wherever we are. Because of this, we wander off - or run away -… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“Naoki is anticipating his audience’s emotions and manipulating them. That is empathy. The conclusion is that both emotional poverty and an aversion… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
I've learned that every human being, with or without disabilities, needs to strive to do their best, and by striving for happiness… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“...the reason is that when we look at nature, we receive a sort of permission to be alive in this world...” — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“To give the short version, I've learnt that every human being, with or without disabilities, needs to strive to do their best,… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“The neurotypical public needs to know that the failure of people with autism to communicate doesn’t stem from inner self-imprisonment: it stems… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“Q25 What's the reason you jump? When I'm jumping it's as if my feelings are going upward to the sky. Really, my… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“Among people who have autism and speech challenges, I think there will always be individuals whose “verbal blocks” come from the same… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“What I, as a person with special needs, longed for was to be taught what role, what purpose, I could have in society, and… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
But I ask you, those of you who are with us all day, not to stress yourselves out because of us. When you do… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
People with autism never, ever feel at ease, wherever we are. Because of this, we wander off - or run away - in search… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
The thought that our lives are the source of other people's unhappiness, that's plain unbearable. — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“People can only understand their own pain. Even a genuine desire to help a person with a disability can become a burden or a… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“Traveling with people who have special needs might present difficulties, but please, let it happen. We all need a break and a change of… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
When you see an object, it seems that you see it as an entire thing first, and only afterwards do its details follow on.… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
True compassion is about not bruising the other person’s self-respect. — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“Naoki is anticipating his audience’s emotions and manipulating them. That is empathy. The conclusion is that both emotional poverty and an aversion to company… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“I would like people to stop pressuring children to make friends. Friendships can’t be artificially created.” — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
“... for me the number one reason is that us people with autism love the greenness of nature. ... Our fondness for nature is,… — Naoki Higashida Copy Share Image
