“Of all the sterilizations conducted, about 16,500 surgeries were reportedly conducted without consent.
From Saturday 3rd February 2018, lawyers involved with the legal suit will be available for counseling at 022-397-7960.”
“ “We wanted to stand up and build a society where even people with disabilities can have a happy life.”
The woman seeks compensation of 11 million yen ($101,149), saying the government should have set up relief measures for those subjected to the surgery, in recompense for violating their human rights.”
“40% said they did not know about raising the employment rate. 48% accounted for “not knowing” about the addition of mentally disabled persons to the subjects. Among the companies that do not know the expansion of the target, 71% were not hiring people with disabilities.”
“The number of people cited for abusing disabled people fell by three from the previous year to 2,520 in fiscal 2016, but cases of mistreatment at care facilities grew to a record of 401, a welfare ministry survey says.”
“The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced on 27th that 3198 persons with disabilities were abused in 2016. Although the amount decreased slightly in comparison with FY 2003, which was the highest since the start of the survey in FY 2000, abuse by officials of persons with disabilities sharply increased by 18% compared to the previous year and number of cases and number of victims, the largest number ever updated for four consecutive years.”
Extracts From The Yomiuri Shimbun 26th December 2017 Q: I heard about discrimination against people with disabilities, what kind ofContinue Reading
“The first meeting of the “Japan Society for the Prevention of Abuse of Citizens of Persons with Disabilities” was held in Tokyo; it was established to protect persons with disabilities from abuse, and to recommend policy to the national government regarding ways of training staff that look after disabled people.”
From Kyarikonenyūsu (in Japanese) December 7th 2017 The Disabled Personnel Research Institute announced the results of December 6, of theContinue Reading
“SENDAI – A woman in her 60s will sue the government for being forced to undergo sterilization on the grounds of her intellectual disability, according to informed sources.”
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