Category: Abilympics

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 9, 2023 Number of comments0
Abilympics Japan Podcast

Disability News Japan Podcast: Inclusion and the Hiroshima Abilympics

The “Hiroshima Abilympics” has been held since 2003 by Hiroshima Prefecture and other organizations to promote employment of people with disabilities. 51 people, including students from special needs schools and people working at companies in the prefecture, participated in the event on the 7th.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 8, 2023 Number of comments0
Abilympics Disability Employment Japan

“Hiroshima Abilympics” held, people with disabilities compete in customer service and cleaning skills

Yoshihide Sasaki, head of the Hiroshima branch of the Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers, which supports the employment of people with disabilities, said, “I hope that through the competition, people will learn about the high level of skills of people with disabilities.