The University of Tsukuba’s DAC Center has hired a staff member with developmental disabilities (Mr. Dacs) from the 2019 academic year, and has commenced activities aimed at understanding and raising awareness of developmental disabilities through manga.
The manga will be posted on the DAC Center (Accessibility) Twitter feed as needed.
Also, comics distributed in the past are posted on this Twitter account.
“Humans have named it ‘developmental disabilities’!”
This is an educational manga about developmental disabilities written by Dax, a spokesperson for the DAC Center.
The manga features “Dacs-san”, who has various developmental disabilities, and other cute characters such as “Neko-san” with ASD, “Tori-san” with ADHD, and “Sakana-san” with LD, etc.
Please use the manga as an opportunity to understand and communicate regarding developmental disabilities.
In order to raise broader awareness and understanding of developmental disabilities through manga, a CC0 1.0 (Public Domain) license has been granted to the developmental disability awareness manga.
Therefore, you are free to download, copy, print, redistribute, and modify the manga images on this page without copyright concerns.
The downloadable (PDF and JPEG) files are also listed below, to:
– help readers think about their own characteristics
– help you describe your traits to others
– better understand the characteristics of the people around you.
We hope you find it useful!
Digital Book
PDF File Download
For image Download
Virtual Background
In response to the spread of COVID-19, we have created virtual backgrounds (wallpaper) that can be used in online classes and meetings. You can freely redistribute these, so please download and make use of them!
How to set up a virtual background
- Download the image
Microsoft Teams
- Launch the installed Teams app and start a meeting (or join one).
- During the meeting, select “…” from the toolbar and click “Show background effect.
- Click “+Add New” and select the image you want to add.
Zoom] *For PC
- Launch the installed Zoom application and select the “Gear” mark.
- Select “Virtual Background” from the menu and click the “+” icon.
- Select the image you want to add.
For inquiries about the developmental disability awareness manga, please contact the
Diversity, Accessibility and Career Center, University of Tsukuba,
Student Support for Developmental Disabilities (RADD) Project
radd-info#@#un.tsukuba.ac.jp
Please replace “#@#” with “@”.
Please write “Inquiry regarding the developmental disability awareness manga” in the subject line.