Lifelong happiness project- Exploring Activities by Tokachi Creation –Honoka Takemura, Asuka Shinohara, Iori Maruyama
Overview
A project with the theme of helping people with disabilities living in Honbetsu live happily in Honbetsu, andraising awareness about disabilities.
1. Introduction

drawing”

Because I have an acquaintance or friend withSince this project targets "elementary schoola disability, I was concerned about how they

students", in order to prevent discrimination,

would live in Honbetsu in the future. I thought

prejudice, and bullying that develops from them,that if we could deepen our understanding ofthedisabilities, people with disabilities and thedisabilities that disabilities are "individuality".

contentwillraise

awarenessabout

townspeople around us would be able to live
6. Achievements and challenges

happily with peace of mind.

[Outcome]2.

About the problem

・I was able to create one draft of a manga.

Deepen your understanding of disabilities. We
once considered the employment rate of people
with disabilities, but after analyzing the current
situation, we settled on the task of deepening ourunderstanding.

・We were able to understand our disabilities anddiscover new issues through the site tour.
[Task]
・It would have been better to conduct a surveyof the current situation on how education forpeople with disabilities is being conducted at3.

About the current situation analysis

elementary schools.
・ It would have been better to ask a specialist at

In a survey conducted by the Honbetsu
General Care Center asking, "What can be done

an early stage

to make life easier for people with disabilities?"
7. Conclusion

was the most.

Since the schedule is not clear yet, the activity
4.

About the hypothesis“ Learnabout

disabilities

will be suspended for the time being.
andeliminate

If activities resume…

prejudice from elementary school students to・Make comics and have them distributed atadults”

elementary schools.

In order to eliminate discrimination andprejudice, we believe that continuous education

・Publish our work on the Internet
・ Recruit people to work together on the highis necessary, so we set it from elementary school,

school website, official Instagram, etc.

which is the beginning of compulsory education.

It is the same when we have you take overIthink

thatdiscrimination

andlearning
prejudicewilleliminateandmakeitpossible to take appropriate measures. So I thinkthat it will become a town where people withdisabilities can live easily.
5.

About the solution“ Creating a manga about people withdisabilities together with people who are good at

activity to first grader.

Lifelong happiness project- Exploring Activities by Tokachi Creation –Asuka Shinohara, Honoka Takemura, Iori Maruyama
Overview
Since there was a person with a disability close to me, I set the theme of creating a town that is easy for people
with disabilities to live in. This paper reports on a project whose task was to enlighten all people.
1. Introduction

Based on the idea of ``creating a manga about

I had an acquaintance with a disability, so I

disabilities together with people who are good at

was worried about how they would live. If it

drawing,'' this project targeted elementary school

becomes easier for people with disabilities to live,

students and explored what disabilities are in

we think that anxiety will be reduced for people

order to eliminate discrimination, prejudice, andwith and without disabilities.

bullying. , content about the idea that disability
is an individuality.

2.

About the problem
I thought about the employment rate of people

with disabilities, but there weren't enough6. Achievements and challenges[Outcome]materials to consider what I could work on, so I

・I was able to make one draft of the manga.

changed the content to deepen the understanding

・I was able to share my thoughts with theof the people around me about disabilities. Basedon the analysis of the current situation and myown experience, I thought that this task would beteam members and ask questions.
・I was able to come up with a lot of solutions
and consider the pros and cons.
[Task]

easy to tackle.

・The number of data in the analysis of the3.

About the current situation analysis

current situation was small.

In a questionnaire asking what could be done
to make life easier for people with disabilities,
the most common response was that people

・Insufficient consultation
・Precedents could not be investigated inconsidering solutions

around them should deepen their understanding

・ The purpose of the factory tour wasof people with disabilities.

ambiguous.

（Multiple answers, targeting 330 people with disabilities in the town)

7. Conclusion
4.

About the hypothesis

Since the announcement at the parliamentaryWith the theme of "learning about disabilities

meeting has been completed, the activity will beand eliminating discrimination from elementary

finished for the time being.

school students to working adults", we believe

・Complete the work

that・Conduct a questionnaire about the work

continuouseducation

isnecessary

toeliminate discrimination and prejudice, and set

・Request a cartoon production"from elementary school students to working

・Ask schools to improve education for people

adults".

We

thought

thatbyeliminatingwith disabilities

discrimination and prejudice and allowing people

・Open to the public on the Internet

to take appropriate measures, we would be able

In addition, we are already at the stage whereto create a town where people with disabilities

we can create a draft of the manga and make a

can live comfortably and help each other.

fair copy of the draft, so I think it would be nice if
there was an opportunity to work on it in the5.

About the solution

future.

Acknowledgments
Mr. Fujii from the Comprehensive Care
Institute who cooperated in this project, Mr.
Tobita and Mr. Hotta as coaches, Mr. Haga whogave us a tour of the office, Mr. Takemura incharge of welfare for people with disabilities in
Honbetsu Town, Thank you very much.

Lifelong happiness project- Exploring Activities by Tokachi Creation –Iori Maruyama, Honoka Takemura, Asuka Shinohara
Overview
Since there was a person with a disability close to me, I set the theme of creating a town that is easy for people
with disabilities to live in. This paper reports on a project whose task was to enlighten all people.
1. Introduction

5.

About the solution

I had an acquaintance with a disability, so I

The idea was to create a manga about

was worried about how they would live. I thought,

disabilities together with someone who is good at``Is there something wrong with the current

drawing.

situation?'' and thought that if it became easierelementary school students, I decided to create ato live, people with and without disabilities

cartoon about what a disability is and the idea

would be less anxious.

that a disability is an individuality in order toSince

thisprojectisaimedateliminate discrimination, prejudice, and bullying.
2.

About the problem
I thought about the employment rate of people

with disabilities, but I didn't have enough6. Achievements and challenges[Outcome]material to consider what I could work on, and I

・I was able to make one draft of the manga.

didn't know how to research it, so I changed the・I was able to share my thoughts with thecontent to deepen the understanding of people
around me about disabilities. I thought it would
be easy to tackle this issue based on my analysisof the current situation and my own experience.

team members and ask questions.
・I was able to come up with a lot of solutions
and consider the pros and cons.
・I was able to express various opinions.。
[Task]

3.

About the current situation analysis

・The number of data in the analysis of theIn a questionnaire asking what could be done

current situation was small.

to make life easier for people with disabilities,

・Insufficient consultation

the most common response was that people

・Precedents could not be investigated inaround them should deepen their understanding

considering solutionsof people with disabilities.

・ The purpose of the factory tour was（Multiple answers, targeting 330 people with disabilities in the town)

ambiguous.
・I couldn't put together a lot of thoughts.

4.

About the hypothesis
With the theme of "learning about disabilities

7. Conclusionand eliminating discrimination from elementary

Since the announcement at the parliamentary

school students to working adults", we believe

meeting has been completed, the activity will be

thatfinished for the time being.

continuous

educationisnecessarytoeliminate discrimination and prejudice, and set

・Complete the work"from elementary school students to working

・Conduct a questionnaire about the workadults".

・Request a cartoon production

Wethoughtthatbyeliminating

discrimination and prejudice and allowing people
to take appropriate measures, we would be able

・Ask schools to improve education for people
with disabilities

to create a town where people with disabilities

・Open to the public on the Internet

can live comfortably and help each other.

In addition, we are already at the stage where
we can create a draft of the manga and make afair copy of the draft, so I think it would be nice if
there was an opportunity to work on it in thefuture.
Acknowledgments
Mr. Fujii from the Comprehensive Care
Institute who cooperated in this project, Mr.
Tobita and Mr. Hotta as coaches, Mr. Haga whogave us a tour of the office, Mr. Takemura incharge of welfare for people with disabilities in
Honbetsu Town, Thank you very much.