Category: Podcast

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 11, 2024 Number of comments0
Abuse Care Disability Japan Podcast

Disability News Japan Podcast: Disabled User of Ibaraki City Facility Suffers Serious Burns, Carers Did Not Check Bath Temperature

A male client suffered severe burns while taking a bath at a facility for the disabled in Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture. The staff neglected to check the temperature of the hot water.

Ibaraki City announced on February 5th that a male user in his 30s suffered severe burns to approximately 85% of his body after taking a bath at a municipal living support center for people with disabilities.

Two male employees in charge of bathing did not measure the temperature, so it is possible that the temperature was higher than that.

The man is being treated in the hospital’s intensive care unit.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 6, 2024 Number of comments0
Abuse Care Japan Megumi Corporation Podcast

Disability News Japan Podcast: Aichi Governor Condemns Care Provider ‘Megumi’ over “economic abuse” of People with Disabilities

According to a prefectural audit, the GH “Fuwafuwa Koda” in Koda Town has over-collected about 12 million yen in food costs from 25 users since its opening in July 2020. Although they collected 28,000 yen per person per month, it was revealed that only about 7,500 yen per month was actually spent on meals.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt February 1, 2024 Number of comments0
2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Care Disability Japan Podcast

Disability News Japan Podcast: One Month After Noto Peninsula Quake, Ishikawa Disabled Facility Users, Families and Carers Moved to Aichi

On January 30th, users of a facility for the disabled in Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, which was hit by the Noto Peninsula earthquake, and their families evacuated to a facility in Aichi Prefecture, together with the staff who had been supporting them.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 30, 2024 Number of comments0
2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Disability Elderly Japan Podcast

Disability News Japan Podcast: Almost One Month After Quake in Japan, Vulnerable People Struggle [NHK News Report, Audio in English]

The audio is from a NHK G TV programme broadcast at 7PM on Tuesday 30th January 2024. It reports that vulnerable people, such as the elderly and those with disabilities, continue to struggle after the earthquake that hit Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan on January 1st 2024.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 30, 2024 Number of comments0
Abuse Disability Internet Japan Podcast

Disability News Japan Podcast: Gunma Disabled Man Files Criminal Charges After Being Called “Socially Unacceptable” Online

Prior to the criminal complaint, the man filed a civil suit against the online poster, seeking compensation for damages, and the Maebashi District Court ordered him to pay approximately 960,000 yen on December 8, 2023.

The criminal complaint was filed because the online contributor submitted a written defense in the civil trial, stating that the man was “such a socially unacceptable item”.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 28, 2024 Number of comments0
Barrier Free Disability Japan Podcast Technology Travel

Disability News Japan Podcast: Scanning Errors: QR Codes Might Encroach on Barrier Free Travel in Japan

The photograph was taken at my local train station in Kobe. The station itself is quite accessible to a person with disabilities like myself. However, there is one small problem when one enters the station, because those who enter the station, enter what I like to call an ‘empire of QR codes’.

‘But isn’t that ok, maybe even accessible’ I hear you say? But, I find it difficult to hold my body still for a lengthy period of time because it spasms, it took me more than ten minutes to take this photo, imagine how much time it would take for me to scan a QR code.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 27, 2024 Number of comments0
2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Disability Disasters Earthquake Japan Podcast Politics

Disability News Japan Podcast: Japan’s Politicians with Disabilities Meet to Discuss Quake Response

A meeting of a national organization made up of local politicians with disabilities was held in Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture on January 15th, and the plan was to provide extensive support to people with disabilities in anticipation of a prolonged evacuation period following the Noto Peninsula Earthquake.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 23, 2024 Number of comments0
2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Disability Education Elderly Japan Podcast

Disability News Japan Podcast: Disabled in Ishikawa Turn Down Secondary Evacuation, Education Ministry Reports on Disabled Students

More on why some elderly and people with disabilities are reluctant to take the ‘secondary evacuation’ option and Japan’s Education Ministry drafts a report on how to accommodate the increasing number of people with disabilities attending universities in Japan.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 22, 2024 Number of comments0
2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake Disability Disasters Earthquake Japan Podcast

Disability News Japan Podcast: In Quake-Affected Areas, Needing the Familiar, Some Residents of Facilities for Disabled Turn Down ‘Secondary Evacuation’ Option

NHK reported on its TV programme ‘News Watch 9’ on January 22nd that four ‘Group Homes’ and facilities for people with disabilities in Ishikawa Prefecture decided not to take the ‘secondary evacuation’ option, out of a concern that a change of environment might be disruptive to their mental health.