Jehovah’s Witnesses attempt to recruit intellectually disabled people in Kobe
An activity often seen at JR Sumiyoshi Station, Kobe is this: Jehovah’s Witnesses setting their stall out and often approaching the intellectually disabled.
Author: Michael Gillan Peckitt
UK & CP born, living in Japan, blogging about disability
Disabled people protest over lawmaker’s article on LGBT couples
“Speaking in a press conference at the health and welfare ministry, they said such views deeply hurt the feelings not only of sexual minorities but also of people who cannot have children due to illness or disability.”
New smartphone guide for visually impaired trialed at Tokyo metro station
“A demonstration of a new system that guides visually impaired people using the sound of smartphones at the premises of a Tokyo metro station was conducted.”
Japan’s Imperial couple visit Hokkaido farm that employees disabled people
“Since its establishment in 2014, Takumi Takeuchi, 38, and his wife, Ai, 35, who manage the farm, have been collaborating with a welfare office under a government program for developing the linkage between agriculture and welfare, an initiative aimed at promoting the employment of people with disabilities.”
Intellectually disabled woman, forced to wear placards saying ‘I am a liar’ sues care home
“We have filed a lawsuit to inform the fact that people with disabilities are being oppressed, we want to reveal the essence and background of the problem at the trial so that the same things will not be repeated.”
Chūbu region of Japan has a shortage helpers for the disabled
“There are cases where welfare offices in Ishikawa prefecture cannot respond to the needs of users of helpers due to lack of guide helpers that support the mentally handicapped persons going out. The prefecture hopes to concentrate on weekends and so on. There are circumstances that there are not a few helpers who have different jobs such as group home staff.”
Disability groups questions Sagamihara accused’s ‘unique’ ideas on eugenics
“In the appeal sentence, it is remarked that the incident highlighted that “the disabled people are not worth living” due to the idea of eugenic thought. The disability groups point out that this is not a thought unique to the accused in the Sagamihara massacre, Satoshi Uematsu:
“There was once the eugenic protection law in Japan too” ”
Tokyo social welfare group is singing to eliminate discrimination against the disabled
“If you understand people with disabilities through songs, I do not think events like Sagamihara will happen.”
Japan’s Welfare Ministry research group proposes subsidies to increase number of short term disabled employees
“The research group proposes a subsidy system for companies hiring disabled people who work in a short time of less than 20 hours a week and certification system for small and medium sized enterprises with disabled people working environment that is easy to work.”
Olympics: Paralympic snowboard champ Gurimu Narita eyes canoe for 2020
“Japan’s Gurimu Narita, the men’s Pyeongchang Paralympic snowboarding banked slalom champion, is looking to compete in canoe at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.”
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