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No One's Perfect
In a style purposefully meant to reach all ages, Oto writes about his unique childhood growing up in Japan, a country that traditionally has shielded the disabled from the public eye. From his earliest days, he brought such a winning optimism into the crowds around him -- curious kindergartners, skeptical members of the school board, gaping passersby -- that people soon lost sight of what was missing.
Now, as a young adult, Oto has taken on the work of establishing a "barrier-free" environment for others, in the government, in the media, in the eyes of all he meets. His book has sold over four million copies in Japan, where he has utterly changed the way people view the disabled.
Unsentimental and understated -- you know the day-to-day routine couldn't have been as easy as he makes it sound -- Oto's message nonetheless hits the heart. Strong parents and unconventional teachers bucked the rigid status quo to give Oto a chance at a normal life, and he took it from there. Running races, joining t
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No One's Perfect - Hardcover
From the Publisher
Prologue to the Book
April 6, Cherry trees in full blossom, soft sunlight. A gentle day.
A baby came squalling into the world. A bouncing baby boy. It was an ordinary birth to an ordinary couple. Except for one thing: the boy had no arms or legs.
Congenital tetra-amelia: the condition of being born without arms or legs. It wasn't due to a difficult birth, or the drug thalidomide, whose harmful effects were in the news at the time. The cause in my case is still unknown. For whatever reason, I arrived with an ultra-individual appearance that startled people. How many people get a shocked reaction just by being born? Probably only Momotaro, the fairytale boy who was found inside a peach, and me.
A birth is supposed to be followed by the joyful moment when mother and child first see each other's faces. But my father thought over what might happen. If my mother found out right after the delivery, before she'd had any chance to recover her strength, wouldn't the shock be too much for her? As she lay in bed, he said to her, "I'm afraid you can't see the baby right away--he's a little weak."
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