I have diabetes and inject my own insulin！# What’s insulin?

昨年末販売を開始した『ぼくはちゅうしゃをうっている #ホワッツインスリン ？』の英語版も販売開始されました！

題名は
I have diabetes and inject my own insulin！
What’s insulin?
～ childhood diabetes～

I have diabetes and inject my own insulin！ # What’s insulin?: What is Insulin (childhood diabetes Book 1) (English Edition)

日本に在住でも日本語ではまだ十分に読み解けないお子様、親御さんにも伝わるように、英訳版も作りたい。と思ったのがきっかけです。

こうやって英語版を出せば、世界中の方々の目にも触れて頂けるような気がするので、とにかくこんな本もあると是非一人でも多くの方に知ってもらいたい！！という気持ちです。

この訳は、海外在住歴の長い知人に、小学1年生が使う英語で表現したいということを伝えて協力してもらいました。おかげ様でとってもかわいい表現になって、すごくうれしい本ができました。

地道にこうやって表現していくことが大事なんじゃないかなあと感じます。

どうぞ是非お手に取っていただけたらうれしいです！

以下紹介文です。宜しくお願い致します。

～From the author to you all～

Have you ever heard of T1DM (Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus)?
There are children who are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes suddenly one day and told that they will have to take insulin injections for the
rest of their lives because their blood sugar will go up.

In fact, it occurs even in adults.
However, there are many patients who are too young to understand the meaning of insulin, or adults who cannot explain it to their children, and many patients and their families have no choice but to accept injections at this point in their lives.

Many misunderstandings have arisen because people are still not fully aware that in the world there is type 1 diabetes mellitus: T1DM, which requires insulin injections, and that even children live with insulin injections on their own.

I created this picture book with the hope that, first of all, it would help people learn about type 1 diabetes, teach children why they need to take injections, and enable family members and school teachers to explain the disease to the children.

I hope that in the future this disease will no longer be a disease, and that we can all support DM life together.