Typhoon 15: Chiba city opens “welfare evacuation room” for elderly & disabled
“Chiba City has opened a “welfare evacuation room” for the disabled and elderly in the City Harmony Plaza (Chibaji-cho, Chuo-ku).”
Author: Michael Gillan Peckitt
UK & CP born, living in Japan, blogging about disability
On receiving a nice email after (unsuccessfully) applying to be a volunteer at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
“Barrier Free Japan applied to be a volunteer at the Tokyo 2020 Games. On September 13th, Barrier Free Japan received an email saying the application was unsuccessful. However, the received response, albeit an automated one, was kind of nice.”
Hyogo Gov’t suspends day care service for disabled children over false remuneration claims
“According to the Hyogo Prefectural Government , last year the service claimed a total of 20 days for nine users who actually didn’t use the service, but nonetheless claimed compensation. Takarazuka City requests return of the renumeration based on the Child Welfare Law.”
Former LDP Secretary-General Tanigaki speaks to newly elected disabled lawmakers
“Sadakazu Tanigaki was injured in a wheelchair by a bicycle accident while he was the Secretary General of the LDP, and uses a wheelchair. In the lecture said, “It is a big problem whether there is a place for people with disabilities in society.
Advisory network expanding to guide parents of disabled in Japan
“A network of advisory services to address concerns of parents who worry about becoming sick or dying, and having no way of caring for their physically or mentally disabled children, has been spreading in Japan.”
Legacy of pioneering doctor lives on in communities for disabled
“Set up in 1965, just a year after the 1964 Tokyo Paralympics, Japan Sun Industries has been building communities where the disabled can live independent lives based on the mission of the late Yutaka Nakamura, its founder, to provide opportunities rather than charity.”
PM Abe Encourages Reiwa Shinsengumi Disabled Lawmaker Funago
“Funago, a member of opposition party Reiwa Shinsengumi, has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. He and Abe have known each other for 16 years.”
Tokyo man arrested for abducting intellectually disabled woman and committing obscene acts
“The suspect is reported to have said, “I thought that a child with intellectual disabilities would come home,” “I can no longer control my feelings about her.””
Sapporo caregiver arrested for alleged injury to resident at disability support facility
“According to the police, at 7:40 pm on August 28, the suspect held and dragged both legs of a 30-year-old man in the facility, bruising and scratching his knees.”
“I strangled my son,” father of disabled son admits at Nagoya District Court
“According to officials, the eldest son had a disability, and the defendant stated at the investigation stage that he “worried about his son’s future”.”
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