Naoki Higashida is profoundly autistic, so profoundly that he is almost totally non-verbal – only occasionally does he use short, pre-learned phrases which, all too often he uses inappropriately. But the fact that he does not – cannot – use words in speech does not mean that he …
David Mitchell
Understanding autistic people
I used to be a great fan on Radio 4's Book of the Week, broadcast every night at half past midnight but these days, I tend eschew post midnight listening for the somewhat earlier Book at Bedtime at 10.45. So it was by pure chance that three times this week I have caught the …