April 21:Giving a tour of Osaka University to Hosokawa Tenten-san and her friend
This was one of the things we had wanted to do very much since last year, and it finally happened.
This one did not turn out the way we had originally expected, but we had a meal in the cafeteria, were given a tour of the museum, exchanged views with teachers from the Student Health and Counselling Centre on campus, and then attended a class for first-year students.
It was just on this day that she published her book "Do I have a Uniqueness? I have lived with developmental disorders", and the content of the class was related to '心 Kokoro', so I was most pleased to be able to spend some time discussing the issue with the students. Yabe-san, who came with Tenten-san, shared her views from the perspective of a parent, which seemed to have a fresh impact on the students.
On the other hand, listening to the voices of the new students, I could sense that although they had achieved a certain kind of success in terms of 'university entrance', they were still facing various difficulties, and Tenten-san and her friend and we are still discussing what we can do about this in each area.
