500 days to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics [Video in Japanese]
“Saturday April 13th 2019 marks 500 days until the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Paralympic Games at Japan’s new national stadium in Tokyo.”
Category: Disability
Osaka court orders Japanese Government to reinstate disability pension for diabetes patients
“The Osaka District Court on April 11 ordered the government to reinstate basic disability pensions for nine type-1 diabetes patients, which it had severed without a detailed explanation.”
Japan’s Lower House OKs relief bill over forced sterilization
“Victims of a eugenics program are unsatisfied with a relief bill to compensate thousands of people forcibly sterilized under a 1948 law designed to “prevent births of inferior children.” A proposal to provide lump-sum payments of 3.2 million yen ($28,800) for each victim was approved by the Lower House Committee on Health, Labor and Welfare on April 10. [L]awyers cited three main problems with the bill: The state does not directly apologize in the bill; the lump-sum payment is too small; and victims’ spouses and relatives are not eligible to receive relief.
Jiji Press interview with Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee
“Jiji Press conducted a telephone interview with Andrew Parsons, President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), about the current situation, challenges, and significance of the event.”
Despite a Record 530,000 Disabled people working, only 45.9% of Japan Firms met Employment Legal Standard
“The number of workers with disabilities increased 7.9& from the previous year to 534,769.5, accounting for a record 2.05% of the total workforce, up 0.08 percentage point and the first reading above 2.0%
But only 45.9% of all companies met the legal standard, down 4.1%”
Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Marathon event classes announced
“The Tokyo 2020 Paralympics Marathon event will feature a total of five classes, including a class for men and women with visual impairments (T12), male amputees (T46), and men and women’s wheelchair users (T54). Athletes with visual impairment will be allowed to be accompanied by a guide runner. The players must hold the elbows of the guide runners or hold on the ropes and run, as they must not be separated by more than 50 cm.”
Aju, an Osaka based artist who has Asperger’s syndrome draws landscapes [NHK World Video]
“Creating incredibly detailed landscapes using just a pen is how Aju copes with Asperger syndrome.”
ALS patient pins hope on volunteering for 2020 Tokyo Games with help from ‘avatar robot’
“”I want to show to the world Japan’s innovativeness, which allows even those with serious disabilities to participate in society,” said 54-year-old Hajime Takano, a resident of the Kanagawa Prefecture city of Kawasaki, south of Tokyo. He hopes to become a volunteer in the service sector, such as directing visitors to their destinations. “
Japan’s New Era is called ‘Reiwa’…unless you are deaf, then might be called ‘Meiwa’
By Barrier Free Japan April 5th 2019 There seemed to be a ‘sign language fail’ by The Japan government withContinue Reading
“Supporting All Together”: a job placement for students with developmental disorders starts in Kansai
“An initiative to support students who can not find employment easily due to developmental disorders in cooperation with universities and private employment support establishments began in Kansai.”
