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This week has been very special for me. On September 27th, I was invited to a reception of disability community with Senator Thomas Harkin at the U.S. Ambassador Residence in Tokyo. Senator Thomas Harkin is one of the important people that push ADA (The Americans with Disabilities Act) to be signed into law and has put strong effort to eliminate discriminations against people with disabilities over 30 years.
In this blog, we have shared some episodes about our relationship. We also received messages and questions from readers who are in the same situations, for example people who are dating with people with disabilities, who are in a long distance relationship or in an international relationship. This time, we would like to write our stories from the beginning.
When I was 18 years old when choosing college to apply, I didn’t care much about the curriculum as long as I can study English. The high school I attended was not like the top high school in Kyoto, but my class had advanced English programs for students who want to prepare for college study. I had the programs for 3 years in high school. So I thought those study environment was normal, and studying in junior college would be more advanced. However, once I entered the junior college, speaking/listening English classes were just 2 times a week, and other classes were reading and discussing about English novel.
