One Potato Two

My editor at Company YP told me today that they announced my first title with them.



With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child, by Keiko Tobe.

The story revolves around Hikaru, a boy with autism.
I've always had this image that the Japanese are not as sensitive towards disabled people, so I'm glad there are books like these out.

One of my friends, a semi-bilingual elementary school teacher, used to work with autistic kids.
She is currently helping me out with questions I have.

I also have another acquaintance (a fellow freelance translator/interpreter) who has a son who is autistic.

I hope the readers enjoy it as much as I like working on it.




I haven't read much manga about disabled people, but here is something I read before.



Flower, by Naoko Wada.

It is about the difficulties of being on a wheelchair.