Category: Intellectual disabilities

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 21, 2019 Number of comments0
Crime Disability Intellectual disabilities Japan Kobe

Hyogo Bar Association: DNA collection from intellectually disabled woman “illegal with no valid consent”

“The police station requested the woman voluntarily come to the station  in May, and the woman visited the station with her mother. The clerk collected DNA from the woman’s mouth. The station claims that the collection was made with written consent. On the other hand, the woman said that she “did not agree” and that her mother did not approve. The station sent a document to the woman for allegedly damaging the property.”

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 20, 2019 Number of comments0
Disability Intellectual disabilities Japan Nagoya

Undisclosed settlement reached at Nagoya High Court over death of a disabled man

“The corporation that operates the facility offered a payment of 18 million yen, but the bereaved family said, “..there is a difference in the amount of compensation between the healthy person and the disabled person…I am against it,” and was seeking compensation of more than 72 million yen, the same amount as a healthy person.”

by Michael Gillan Peckitt July 9, 2019 Number of comments0
Disability Employment Intellectual disabilities Japan Padded Jobs

Japan’s Local Govts Increasing Disabled Job Applicants to include those with mental or intellectual disabilities

“An increasing number of prefectural governments and ordinance-designated major cities in Japan are expanding the scope of disabled people qualified to take exams for regular jobs at the public-sector offices to include those with mental or intellectual disabilities. Previously, the job exams had been available to people with physical disabilities.”

by Michael Gillan Peckitt June 25, 2019 Number of comments0
Disability Intellectual disabilities Japan Welfare

To increase understanding of autism, a Hyogo Prefecture NPO holds ‘simulation’ workshops

“To  deepen an understanding about the “lack of understanding” that people with autism and other intellectual disabilities experience in their daily lives, the NPO ‘Nuturing Society Connecting Hands in Sanda City’, an NPO that holds workshops in Sanda City, Hyogo Prefecture (amongst other places), for disabled people and their families has been formed. “

by Michael Gillan Peckitt March 30, 2019 Number of comments0
Disability Intellectual disabilities Japan Mental Health

Nearly half of adults in Japan with developmental disabilities suffer depression: Mainichi Shimbun poll

“More than 45 percent of respondents to a Mainichi Shimbun survey targeting people with developmental disorders aged 20 and older said they had depression…Of the respondents, 862 had been diagnosed with developmental disabilities, of which 45.5 percent, or 393 people, were diagnosed with depression.”

by Michael Gillan Peckitt March 14, 2019 Number of comments0
Disability Intellectual disabilities Police

Hyogo prefectural police instructed pay compensation over illegal DNA collection from intellectually disabled man

“A man,41, from Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, who has autism due to severe intellectual disability, who sought damages of ¥ 16.5 million from the prefecture,  because his DNA was collected from prefectural police without consent. He was awarded 110,000 yen. The ruling was made at Kobe District Court on the 13th March. “