Website collects data on dementia care
“An online database of caregivers’ first-hand experiences with dementia patients is being compiled by universities and other entities in a bid to share effective approaches.”
Category: Japan
Disabled people had difficulty evacuating in Western Japan rain disaster
“ “Municipalities should work with local communities to create evacuation plans under the coordination of their disaster management and welfare sections,” said Shigeo Tatsuki, a Doshisha University professor specializing in welfare and disaster prevention.”
Japan’s Welfare Ministry to offer subsidies to companies employing disabled people
“As the number of people with mental disorders increases, it aims to boost employment of people who have difficult symptoms for a long time. From the end of this month, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will begin having meetings with experts to examine concrete subsidy plans.”
“Help Mark”: To Help those with Invisible Disabilities in Japan
“The ‘help mark’ was created by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in 2012 to help people with hidden impediments, or “invisible disabilities.” This includes people with prosthetic legs, artificial joints, internal ailments, and rare diseases.”
The Sagamihara stabbings accused’s ‘Manga’ (Part 3)
“On July 20th, a book including letters and drawings written by the accused in the Sagamihara massacre; when on July 26th 2016, 19 disabled people were killed at a care home in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture (others were injured).”
Japan to require airlines to accommodate wheelchair users from October
“The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism is currently looking into the necessary legal changes to oblige airlines that operate regular domestic and international flights in Japan to introduce wheelchair lifts, ramps and other equipment.”
Two years on from the Sagamihara murders
“Two years have now passed since the killings. How should society deal with statements that threaten the coexistence of the nondisabled and disabled people? And how can it make genuine coexistence a reality? The Yomiuri Shimbun asked experts on the issue. The following are excerpts from the interviews.”
Psychiatrist expresses concern that after Sagamihara, involuntary hospitalization will replace crime prevention
“After Sagamihara, the possibility of measures to forcibly hospitalize mentally ill people, has been actively debated, but Professor Ihara is concerned that mental health care will be used for crime prevention.”
Jehovah’s Witnesses attempt to recruit intellectually disabled people in Kobe
An activity often seen at JR Sumiyoshi Station, Kobe is this: Jehovah’s Witnesses setting their stall out and often approaching the intellectually disabled.
Disabled people protest over lawmaker’s article on LGBT couples
“Speaking in a press conference at the health and welfare ministry, they said such views deeply hurt the feelings not only of sexual minorities but also of people who cannot have children due to illness or disability.”
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