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Okinawan schoolboy deals with hearing loss with speed and cheerfulness

The Japan Times·No Author·22 days ago
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Kanata Konoe, 7, writes kanji characters on a whiteboard as his teacher, Sachiko Shimabukuro, watches over him at Nakadomari Elementary School in the village of Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, in March. | THE OKINAWA TIMES Up the stairs beside the shoe lockers, straight down the corridor, and through a door into a sky-colored space. Beyond it lies the “Rainbow Classroom” where 7-year-old Kanata Konoe, who is hard of hearing, studies Japanese and math. Last spring, ahead of Kanata’s enrollment at Nakadomari Elementary School in the village of Onna, Okinawa Prefecture, staff from the prefectural Okinawa School for the Deaf and the village board of education met repeatedly to discuss how to accommodate him, including where to set up a special classroom. They chose an unused room on the sunlit second floor, a space where Kanata could focus. Double doors would keep out extraneous noise. In a time of both misinformation and too much information, quality journalism is more crucial than ever.…

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