Group home for disabled people built in Ishikawa prefecture
“Parents who care for persons with disabilities are aging, worried about the future of children, I want to aim for a society where people with disabilities can coexist.”
Author: Michael Gillan Peckitt
UK & CP born, living in Japan, blogging about disability
Japan’s PyeongChang Paralympic team inaugurated
“Japan has officially inaugurated its team of athletes for the PyeongChang Paralympics, scheduled to take place in South Korea next month.”
Kobe district court finds 87-year-old man with “dementia and memory impairment” not guilty of shoplifting
“A judgement by the courts of an unemployed male in the city (87) who was questioned for theft as a shoplifting in the supermarket in Kobe was held at the Kobe District Court on 23rd, and judge Kurao Atsushi said ” It is not admitted that there was willful intent of theft”
“The fact that elderly people with dementia become extremely weak has not been shared between the medical & nursing fronts and patient’s families”
“The fact that elderly people with dementia become extremely weak has not been shared between the medical and nursing fronts and patient’s families…”
Vacant houses renovated to be ‘Group Homes’ for disabled people
“Next month in Senboku New Town (NT) in the southern part of Osaka Prefecture, a group home for disabled people refurbished detached houses will open. ”
In Kagoshima, for disabled persons ‘Basic life is not guaranteed’
“There is no pleasure, if there is no mobility support”
Second lawsuit eyed against government over eugenics law, as records in 13 prefectures show sterilizations of children aged 15 and below
“A Hokkaido man in his 70s plans to file a lawsuit seeking damages from the government over his forced sterilization at around age 20 under the 1948 eugenic protection law, sources said Thursday, as a related investigation unearthed documents showing children aged 15 and below — including one as young as 9 — were also sterilized under the law.”
‘Unmanned’ JR Stations in Kyushu may lead to discrimination, Oita disability group claims
“JR has abandoned the responsibility as public transport that everyone can use with confidence.”
日本における強制滅菌に関する障害者差別に関する情報の要請/ A Request for information about discrimination against disabled people regarding forced sterilization in Japan
私はこのような「滅菌」操作を行ったかもしれない日本で働く医者にインタビューすることができればいいと思う。面接官は匿名であろう。 I wish I could interview a physician working in Japan that may have preformed such ‘sterilization’ operations. the intervieweeContinue Reading
Hokkaido leads in compulsory sterilization with 2,593 victims
“Hokkaido’s record of compulsory sterilizations over nearly five decades far outstrips any other jurisdiction in Japan, with at least 2,593 people forced to undergo the procedure due to intellectual disability”
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