Rereko's Family Episode 5: 'It All Makes Sense'
-Introduction-
This is a story from a few years ago.
I am writing this based on a few notes and vague memories.
Also, please understand that there may be some harsh expressions because it is about my family. ( ´∀｀)＊
Thinking about consulting a third party about her family,
Rereko looked into various options.
She tried looking for a place to consult about her second oldest brother, who she felt was the most troublesome, but there was nowhere that could help...
Meanwhile,
when she called the Community General Support Center (without much expectation) to see if she could consult about her mom,
she received divine servicewhere they actually came to her house the very next day!
Until this moment, I didn't even know the Community General Support Center existed.
(Honestly, I didn't really understand it even when I made the call.)
One of the things I want to convey in this series
is the existence of this Community General Support Center.
So,
I'm going to draw about how much help Rereko received from the people at the Community General Support Center,
and in what way!
Let's continue! ( ´∀｀)ノ
By the way, this is probably the person who helped Rereko when she called.
They must be the type of person who has a slightly forceful way of speaking.
Of course, there was no official diagnosis at this time, but
"It is believed that your older brother has a developmental disability"
When they said that,
so many things really made sense.
And for some reason, I felt relieved.
I was in a state of not knowing what something was for the longest time.
"Something" is surprisingly hard to find an answer for even when you look it up.
But once you understand it, you can move forward toward a solution or understanding, right?
A few years before I heard that my brother had a developmental disorder—
A child of a friend from my art college days was...
I wonder how old they were? Maybe 4 or 5 years old?
"My child has a developmental disorder, so I have to think about what to do for school."
That's what she started talking about.
"My child is like that too!"
"Actually, mine too..."
said my other friends.
I think this was the first time I gained knowledge about "developmental disorders".
"Kids with developmental disorders have these kinds of traits,
and they can't do these kinds of things."
They taught me all sorts of things.
What I thought at that time was,
Huh!? There were tons of kids like that in my class!
If you start saying things like that, then you, and you, and even I!
might have a developmental disorder too! (´⊙ω⊙`)
That's what I thought.
Especially in art college,
I feel like there were a lot of people like that.
Anyway,
because I had that knowledge thanks to my friends,
I was able to accept my brother without having any strange prejudices.
...I didn't have any strange prejudices, but
even so, our Kotata-san's calendar...
Isn't it scary...? (´⊙ω⊙`)
I wondered what on earth '12th (House-wide bird rice) (fish is rotten)' meant,
but it's probably a dream diary.
Tracing it this time made me realize again,
there were quite a few kanji characters I'd written incorrectly, just scribbling them down based on the vibe.
Weather, horoscopes, incidents, program titles, tabloid show topics...
On the 13th, it says that a member of SEKAI NO OWARI got married, but...
I don't think she's particularly a fan.
And even though she's not particularly a fan, a few years later
'Sekai no Owari is on my side, you know'
is the baffling statement Kotata makes... but that's a story for another time.
By the way, that's a slightly scary story.
If you keep it in the back of your mind, later on,
'So that's how that line connects!'
you might have a somewhat fun experience. w(ↀㅅↀˆ) Hehe
Well then,
leaving a lingering sense of dread,
somewhere,
believing there is someone who will be glad they read this story, to be continued.
but I wanted to try saying 'Over?'
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Click here if you want to read from the beginning ↓( ´∀｀)ノ
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