[Spinocerebellar Degeneration: One Liter of Tears]

This movie, based on the diary of a girl affected with juvenile onset of spinocerebellar ataxia, begins at the age of 13, when she first showed unstable gait. Despite support from families and friends, the progressive disability incapacitated her senior high school study, causing her to move to another school for the physically handicapped. In her hospitalized life at the medical institute, she continued to keep diary in her bed-fast state. The several film scenes detail the disorder's effects on her daily activity and her fight against it. Her life and diary notes tell us to consider what, when, and how to be inclusive in supporting patients with progressive ataxic disorder.