Comments on: *With the Light: Raising an Autistic Child — Recommended http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/28/with-the-light-raising-an-autistic-child-recommended/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:42:16 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: With the Light Book 4 » Manga Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/28/with-the-light-raising-an-autistic-child-recommended/comment-page-1/#comment-105444 With the Light Book 4 » Manga Worth Reading Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:55:22 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/28/with-the-light-raising-an-autistic-child-recommended/#comment-105444 [...] the series about raising an autistic child continues, this volume tackles the question of work. Hikaru’s parents worry about what he [...]

[...] the series about raising an autistic child continues, this volume tackles the question of work. Hikaru’s parents worry about what he [...]

]]> By: MoCCA Art Festival 2009 (Johanna) » Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/28/with-the-light-raising-an-autistic-child-recommended/comment-page-1/#comment-104396 MoCCA Art Festival 2009 (Johanna) » Comics Worth Reading Wed, 10 Jun 2009 11:49:01 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/28/with-the-light-raising-an-autistic-child-recommended/#comment-104396 [...] it. He also has done diary comics about his daughter, who has autism, so we talked about the manga With the Light, which covers the same [...]

[...] it. He also has done diary comics about his daughter, who has autism, so we talked about the manga With the Light, which covers the same [...]

]]> By: Yotsuba&! to Return From Yen » Comics Worth Reading http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/28/with-the-light-raising-an-autistic-child-recommended/comment-page-1/#comment-101770 Yotsuba&! to Return From Yen » Comics Worth Reading Sat, 07 Feb 2009 23:20:28 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/28/with-the-light-raising-an-autistic-child-recommended/#comment-101770 [...] news! At the NY Con today, according to MangaBlog, Yen Press (publishers of With the Light, Sundome, and the monthly anthology Yen+, among others) announced that they would be publishing [...]

[...] news! At the NY Con today, according to MangaBlog, Yen Press (publishers of With the Light, Sundome, and the monthly anthology Yen+, among others) announced that they would be publishing [...]

]]> By: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Tween manga, scanlation woes, bilingual Anno book http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/28/with-the-light-raising-an-autistic-child-recommended/comment-page-1/#comment-98063 MangaBlog » Blog Archive » Tween manga, scanlation woes, bilingual Anno book Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:31:37 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/28/with-the-light-raising-an-autistic-child-recommended/#comment-98063 [...] 7 of Love*Com and vols. 4 and 5 of 7SEEDS at Soliloquy in Blue. Johanna Draper Carlson recommends With the Light at Comics Worth Reading. New reviews up at Manga Life: Ysabet Reinhard MacFarlane on vol. 2 of [...]

[...] 7 of Love*Com and vols. 4 and 5 of 7SEEDS at Soliloquy in Blue. Johanna Draper Carlson recommends With the Light at Comics Worth Reading. New reviews up at Manga Life: Ysabet Reinhard MacFarlane on vol. 2 of [...]

]]> By: John http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/28/with-the-light-raising-an-autistic-child-recommended/comment-page-1/#comment-98061 John Fri, 29 Aug 2008 11:29:18 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/28/with-the-light-raising-an-autistic-child-recommended/#comment-98061 Thanks for this . . . my wife and I have been interested to read the book and your review piqued my interest further. I'm always curious of other people's experience. Thanks for this . . . my wife and I have been interested to read the book and your review piqued my interest further. I’m always curious of other people’s experience.

]]> By: Johanna http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/28/with-the-light-raising-an-autistic-child-recommended/comment-page-1/#comment-98025 Johanna Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:18:13 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/28/with-the-light-raising-an-autistic-child-recommended/#comment-98025 That's very interesting, to know how real it is. And yes, there is some cleaning up for fiction. That’s very interesting, to know how real it is. And yes, there is some cleaning up for fiction.

]]> By: Hernan Espinoza http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/28/with-the-light-raising-an-autistic-child-recommended/comment-page-1/#comment-98009 Hernan Espinoza Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:02:21 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/2008/08/28/with-the-light-raising-an-autistic-child-recommended/#comment-98009 I've really enjoyed this book (both volumes). As a parent of a mildly autistic child, I can tell you that this story rings very true emotionally and factually. I actually learned some practical tricks from this book that have been really useful. As you said, the book does a good job keeping the main characters refreshingly human (with all of the frailties that implies). However, SOMETIMES the epiphanies in which characters come to some higher consciousness about autism or themselves are a bit much. The behavioral problems are difficult and off-putting and people who can't get past them initially really don't tend to ever get past them (this is not a moral judgement, human social analysis/response behaviors are deeply biological and hard to change or control). Keiko Tobe has lost some of the real frustration about otherwise nice folks who CANNOT "get it" that is a real part of the emotional landscape....especially when those nice folks are us..the parents. That said, I think the fundamental hopefulness of the story would be at risk if too much cynical reality found its way in and that would be worse. No free lunch in story-telling. I'm looking forward to the next volume! I’ve really enjoyed this book (both volumes). As a parent of a mildly autistic child, I can tell you that this story rings very true emotionally and factually. I actually learned some practical tricks from this book that have been really useful. As you said, the book does a good job keeping the main characters refreshingly human (with all of the frailties that implies). However, SOMETIMES the epiphanies in which characters come to some higher consciousness about autism or themselves are a bit much. The behavioral problems are difficult and off-putting and people who can’t get past them initially really don’t tend to ever get past them (this is not a moral judgement, human social analysis/response behaviors are deeply biological and hard to change or control). Keiko Tobe has lost some of the real frustration about otherwise nice folks who CANNOT “get it” that is a real part of the emotional landscape….especially when those nice folks are us..the parents. That said, I think the fundamental hopefulness of the story would be at risk if too much cynical reality found its way in and that would be worse. No free lunch in story-telling.

I’m looking forward to the next volume!

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