A valuable and compelling addition to the growing canon of features and documentaries on the subject because of the ways it prioritises the perspectives of autistic individuals and their families.

If you take it all at face value and as unproblematic, the effect is dreamlike and revelatory. If this is what it really feels like to be autistic, the words seem to open a door of perception. That’s a big “if”.

Informative, illuminating and quietly moving.

The Reason I Jump goes above and beyond in its description of non-verbal autism and shows us what it means to communicate and be seen for who you are.