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Disability News Japan Podcast: In Quake-Affected Areas, Needing the Familiar, Some Residents of Facilities for Disabled Turn Down ‘Secondary Evacuation’ Option

NHK reported on its TV programme ‘News Watch 9’ on January 22nd that four ‘Group Homes’ and facilities for people with disabilities in Ishikawa Prefecture decided not to take the ‘secondary evacuation’ option, out of a concern that a change of environment might be disruptive to their mental health.

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by Michael Gillan Peckitt
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By Barrier Free Japan

January 23 2024

Wajima City, Ishikawa Pref – NHK reported on its TV programme ‘News Watch 9’ on January 22nd that four ‘Group Homes’ and facilities for people with disabilities in Ishikawa Prefecture decided not to take the ‘secondary evacuation’ option, out of a concern that a change of environment might be disruptive to their mental health.

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