Interview: A YouTube Channel of Love by Konoha San -Transcending Disability-

「このらぶチャンネル」（Kono love channel）is a YouTube channel streamed by one household in Aichi prefecture. It was begun back in January 2022, raising its subscribers to over 60,000. In the channel, a 20-year-old Konoha San with an innate disability and her mother (47) are introducing their daily, private life openly as it is. As a student who watched their video commented, “Watching this encouraged me to hang in there and go to school.“, it is cheering on and inspiring many viewers. What is their daily life like?

Daughter who grows more slowly than many others

Konoha San was born with “Cornelia de Lange Syndrome (CdLS)”, which is a congenital disorder occurring to one out of 10,000 to 30,000 people. Limb deformity, hearing loss, intestinal obstruction, excessive growth of hair, and developmental delay are among the conditions. She is around 130 centimeters in height and petite, traveling in a wheelchair while outside.

On weekdays, she commutes to a living care welfare service facility for the disabled where the assisting staff teaches how to do light work while she spends her free time drawing pictures and listening to music.