![]() ![]() ![]() With Tobe’s artistic expression, she has given awareness and a voice to the autistic community. Thankfully, I know more about autism since I’ve read this series. Sadly, Tobe passed away from an illness in 2010 before more volumes could published Eight manga volumes of With the Light made it to America. Tobe gained the inspiration for With the Light after learning about her own son’s autistic classmate. She has won an award for her manga series and the story has been made into a TV drama. ![]() Common sounds like people clapping may scare them and abrupt changes in repetitive routines confuses them. Autistic people are born with a sensory system far from normal. It piqued my interest because I heard many things about autism in real life but I didn’t know what it exactlywas.Īuthor Keiko Tobe created a definite illustration of autism with her character Hikaru. I was recommended this manga by a co-worker (a fellow manga fan). Unlike shojo manga (aimed towards young teenage girls), josei targets females in their late teens to adulthood with stories about post-grad life, marriage, and so on. With the Light is part of genre of manga called josei. New challenges stand before Sachiko raising Hikaru and society’s inept solutions to handling autism with care. Sachiko Azuma lives a comfortable life with her wonderful husband and gives birth to her first child, Hikaru. With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child by Keiko Tobe ( Amazon) ( Goodreads) ![]()
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