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Today while driving I heard an episode of this Book of the Week.Its called "The Reason I Jump" and was written by a 13 year old japanese boy with severe autism, and translated by the author David Mitchell (not the Peep show comedian!) whose son also has autism.It describes what it is like inside the head of an autistic person, and why they do the things they do, and how it feels. I found it deeply moving.Its on iplayer here, along with an interviewhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b02yjf17If you have any connections to autism do listen, it was amazing.