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[Elizabeth] When I first saw kids spelling
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The Reason I Jump

When I first sawkids spelling, that was it for me. Many people who are autistictheir...

[Elizabeth] When I first saw
kids spelling, that was it for me. Many people who are autistic
their brain knows what to do but they can't get it
to their body. And it made so much sense
looking at it from more of a motor skills
standpoint. Because speech is motor. Taking language
out of the fine motor of the speech, putting it
into the gross motor of the arm to point
made a lot of sense. -[Ben makes S sounds]
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Full Transcript

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[Elizabeth] When I first saw kids spelling,
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that was it for me.
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Many people who are autistic their brain knows what to do
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but they can't get it to their body.
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And it made so much sense looking at it
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from more of a motor skills standpoint.
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Because speech is motor.
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Taking language out of the fine motor
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of the speech, putting it into the gross motor
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of the arm to point made a lot of sense.
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-[Ben makes S sounds] -A...
Duration
30 seconds
Views
31
Timestamp in Movie
00:39:55
Uploaded
Jun 02, 2025
Genres
documentary, drama
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Based on the book by Naoki Higashida, this immersive film explores the experiences of non-speaking autistic people around the world.
-[music plays] -T, and it, W, go, O, go, R, go, - The Reason I Jump 00:10
-[music plays] -T, and it, W, go, O, go, R, go,
[Elizabeth] If non-speakers are capable of spelling - The Reason I Jump 00:19
[Elizabeth] If non-speakers are capable of spelling
[Emma] E-V-E-R-Y - The Reason I Jump 00:11
[Emma] E-V-E-R-Y
[Donna spells out the letters as Emma points to them] - The Reason I Jump 00:06
[Donna spells out the letters as Emma points to them]
"We could finally let each other..." - The Reason I Jump 00:05
"We could finally let each other..."
[music starts and stops] - The Reason I Jump 00:05
[music starts and stops]
"We could finally tell each other how we felt." - The Reason I Jump 00:06
"We could finally tell each other how we felt."
[Emma plays music through phone, then stops it] - The Reason I Jump 00:14
[Emma plays music through phone, then stops it]
[music starts and stops] - The Reason I Jump 00:07
[music starts and stops]
[techno music plays] - The Reason I Jump 00:06
[techno music plays]
[Emma hums] - The Reason I Jump 00:08
[Emma hums]
[new techno song plays through phone] - The Reason I Jump 00:04
[new techno song plays through phone]
[Donna] Our kids were both in preschool, - The Reason I Jump 00:26
[Donna] Our kids were both in preschool,
Alright, to the oldest - The Reason I Jump 00:04
Alright, to the oldest
-Hold your cup. -Emma's going to Hawaii, - The Reason I Jump 00:05
-Hold your cup. -Emma's going to Hawaii,
[Naoki] You talk at an incredible speed. - The Reason I Jump 00:14
[Naoki] You talk at an incredible speed.
[Naoki] I have to speak in an unknown foreign language - The Reason I Jump 00:14
[Naoki] I have to speak in an unknown foreign language
You know, just to, kind of, fill up the-- the-- the void. - The Reason I Jump 00:05
You know, just to, kind of, fill up the-- the-- the void.
We would say, "Hey, Ben, dadada." - The Reason I Jump 00:15
We would say, "Hey, Ben, dadada."
How do you establish and sustain and nurture a friendship... - The Reason I Jump 00:05
How do you establish and sustain and nurture a friendship...