REVIEW - With the Light - volume 1 by Keiko Tobe (2007)

Keiko Tobe’s With The Light - Raising an Autistic Child was the first book I received from Yen Press and within seconds of receiving it, cognitive dissonance had well and truly set in.  This manga has confounded all of my expectations by being intelligent as well as worthy, up-lifting as well as sombre and genuinely informative as well as accessible.  It offers a neat insight not only into what it’s like to bring up an autistic child but also into Japanese attitudes towards conditions such as autism.