Abstract

What you wanted to know and want to know, or what seems to be better to know from now about developmental disability. Everything you want to know in order to make your life easier. ---"Textbook of developmental disabilities” that you would have thought there was one, but wasn’t. The author who is an editor and a writer raising her child with developmental disabilities asked thirteen experts including leading doctors and researchers in the fields thoroughly all kinds of questions. The definitive introductory book!
◎ Developmental disabilities are “personality of brain”.
◎ What is needed for developmental disabilities is “response”, not “treatment”.
◎ ADHD drug has “drastic effect”.
◎ What is really scary is “secondary disability”.
◎ Diagnosis of developmental disabilities protects “feeling of self-esteem”.
◎ “High IQs children with developmental disabilities” are easily overlooked.
◎ Special schools allow “children who are easy to get bullied” to play a leading role.
◎ What is important in choosing a job is to know “a job that that is never suitable”.
◎ You lose nothing from receiving a disability certificate for developmental disabilities…… etc.

Author’s Information

Editor/Writer. Born in Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture. After graduating from Chuo University, he worked for Tokyo Gakusan, Chukei Publishing, and IBC Publishing, and then became a freelancer. In addition to writing books on business, child-rearing, language studies, etc., he also writes articles on education. He also serves as the editor for picture book author Keiko Sena. In addition to the series "Tell me more! 'The Reality of Developmental Disorders'," which is the basis for this book, in the Nikkei Business electronic edition, he is also in charge of the short-term series "Yoro Takeshi and 'The Brain That Wants to Die'."