Since 2008, MAKIKO had been working on the book project titled "Beautifully Different". This is a collaboration with Dr. Rebecca Landa, the founder and director of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD) at the renowned Kennedy Krieger Institute (KKI) in Maryland, U.S.A. Proceeds go to her research on autism and related disorders. It was published in U.K. on 28th August 2014.
In addition to that, Nihon Bungeisha, a Tokyo publisher, re-published the Japanese version in March 2016.
"This is a wonderful book that is both extremely personal and very informative; it touches the heart but also expands ones awareness of the great intellectual and emotional breadth and capacity of children with autism spectrum disorders. The format of pictures and biographical narrative conveys in a very strong and emotional way the wonder and the beauty of living and working with children on the spectrum. Bravo!!"
John T Walkup, MD
Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Feinberg School of Medicine: Northwestern University
Head, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Lurie Children's Hospital
"I think this story is an important one, and your images and words convey it beautifully."
Andrew Solomon
Professor of Clinical Psychology at Columbia University
Author of Far From the Tree and finalist for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize
Collection: British Library, Cambridge University, National Library of Scotland, National Library of Wales, Oxford University, Trinity College Dublin, Wellcome Collection, Tate Library (Martin Parr Collection), etc.
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