The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy With Autism by Naoki Higashida

Author:Naoki Higashida [Higashida, Naoki]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
Tags: Psychology
ISBN: 9780345807809
Publisher: Knopf Canada
Published: 2013-07-16T07:00:00+00:00

Q33 IS IT DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO CHOOSE APPROPRIATE CLOTHING?

Whether it’s hot or whether it’s cold, I always have a hard time choosing the right clothing, as well as putting extra layers on or peeling them off accordingly. Some people with autism keep wearing exactly the same type of clothes all through the year, in fact. What’s the deal here? What’s so tricky about putting on or taking off clothes as you need to?

Well – search me. It might be scorching hot, and we know it’s scorching hot, but it simply might not occur to a person with autism that taking off a layer is a good idea. It’s not that we don’t understand the logic – it’s just that we somehow forget. We forget what we’re wearing, and how to make ourselves cooler.

I can mop the sweat off my face with my handkerchief, at least – I’m used to doing this now – but adjusting my clothing is a taller order because the situation is often changing. So I can well sympathize with those people with autism who prefer to wear the same clothes day in, day out. Clothes are like an extension of our bodies, an outer skin, and so the day-in, day-outers find it reassuring to stick to the same outfit. We feel obliged to do everything we can to protect ourselves against uncertainty, and wearing comfy clothes we like is one way of doing this.

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