Jasper

Jasper

Story on a boy/young man living with autism and his family in Northern Germany. Shot in 2011 and 2024 for Stern magazine. Words by Ariane Heimbach.

“Every morning the child transforms into a turtle. Like a shell the jacket wraps around the small body. His neck stretches out of the collar, his chin pushes itself forward. Very slowly, the turtle moves towards the car, climbs into the child seat. And roars.” 

“A baby in a manṡ body”, jokes his mother when she is annoyed.