Natsuko Izena holds a talk on reliance and independence at Haebaru High School

Natsuko Izena holds a talk on reliance and independence at Haebaru High School

Columnist Natsuko Izena holding a talk on “What Does It Mean to Help One Another,” taken on March 5 at Haebaru High School.


March 6, 2019 Ryukyu Shimpo

On March 5, columnist of “The View from 100 cm,” Natsuko Izena held a talk titled “What Does It Mean to Help One Another?” at Haebaru High School.

The column is serialized in Ryukyu Shimpo’s Lifestyle section.

She spoke of her own daily life and about helping one another in front of all students from Haebaru High School and Haebaru Special-Needs High School.

Izena explained that having plenty of “places where you can rely on” leads to “independence.” She said regardless of the person and “Even if it may seem that you can do anything on your own, in actuality, there are things you can rely on and can use. (Our lives) consist of (things like that).”

Izena emphasized that “reasonable accommodation” is extremely important.

She said, “It’s a little different from barrier-free (impediment removal). What’s important isn’t to equip a building with an elevator, but to think about lifting and carrying wheelchairs as a kind of reasonable accommodation.”

Following the talk, junior Tomoka Itokazu, 17, said, “I re-appreciated the importance of life involving people helping one another.”

(English translation by T&CT and Chelsea Ashimine)

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