- Do you notice any topics, issues, or questions about which Naoki Higashida and Nick Walker seem to disagree or diverge?
- While he doesn’t use the term, Higashida offers readers a series of phenomenological portraits of his experience. Why does he do this? How does he do it?
- As an advocate for autistic experience and culture, what are some of Higashida’s most emphatic messages for the world?
- How does David Mitchell’s introduction frame your reading of Higashida’s memoir?
- Choose a favorite moment in Higashida’s memoir and do a close reading, focusing on how he uses language and literary devices to achieve particular aims.
