An unfortunate event led me to be hospitalised for about 24 hours, annoyingly at the very beginning of the academic year and I had to miss teaching some classes.
More COVID cases at welfare facilities in Shimane Prefecture.
Shimane Prefecture announced on April 12th that one new cluster outbreak was confirmed.
Eight people were found to be infected at a welfare facility for the disabled in Matsue City.
これは頻繁に起こります。 誰かが私の後ろから来て、左腕のストラップをつかんで左肩にしっかりと置いて、私を「助ける」ことにしました. 後ろから襲われることが多いので、襲われているのかと思うと、何日か腕を引っ張られて痛い思いをするのを我慢しなければならないので、これは苦痛で恐ろしい経験です。
When they finally revealed their intention to get married to their families and support staff, “they fiercely opposed the idea. They told us, ‘It’s impossible for the two of you to live together,'” Shunsuke said.
It happens often; someone comes from behind me and decides to ‘help’ me by grabbing the strap on my left arm and firmly placing it on my left shoulder. This is a painful and frightening experience, as since they often come from behind, I think I am being attacked and either way I have to put up with a few days of being in pain from my arm being yanked.
I often experience this in Japan. People who want to ‘help’ but never ask me before touching me, often from behind me, causing me a lot of pain.
Six former employees of ‘Seiryu no Sato’, a support facility for persons with disabilities in Nishi-okobe village, were sent to prosecution on suspicion of assault for repeatedly abusing residents last year, including unnecessarily pressing down on them.
The Monbetsu District Public Prosecutor’s Office summarily charged five of them with assault on 29 March.
Six former employees of ‘Seiryu no Sato’, a support facility for persons with disabilities in Nishi-okobe village, were sent to prosecution on suspicion of assault for repeatedly abusing residents last year, including unnecessarily pressing down on them.
The Monbetsu District Public Prosecutor’s Office summarily charged five of them with assault on 29 March.
On the other hand, one former employee was not prosecuted.
More than 10 percent of children in Japan who developed acute brain syndrome after infection with COVID-19 have died, results of a nationwide survey recently announced by a health ministry research team has shown.
The survey identified 34 cases of acute encephalopathy associated with COVID-19 infection among those under 18 between January 2020 and May 2022. The team analyzed 31 patients who did not have any underlying illnesses that could be responsible for causing the brain disease.
The number of abuse cases against people with disabilities confirmed by local governments in Japan in fiscal 2021 rose by 284 from the preceding year to a record 3,085, according to the welfare ministry.
The growth reflected rises in related consultations and reports on the back of increased public awareness about the law on preventing abuse against disabled people, which requires those finding such abuse cases to report to local governments.
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