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by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 27, 2019 Number of comments0
Disability Japan Politics Reiwa Shinsengumi

Newly elected Diet member with ALS seeks to change care for disabled, opposes LDP plans

“”I want to make use of my experience in politics to realize a society that can live a life with dignity and enjoyment regardless of disability or illness.” By listening to the voices of various persons with disabilities and disseminating them at the Diet, he expressed his willingness to change to the policy for persons with disabilities that can realize “reasonable consideration” from the standpoint of the parties.”

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 23, 2019 Number of comments0
Disability Intellectual disabilities Japan

Oita District Court rejects damages claim after apartment manager died after altercation with disabled resident

“On August 22nd, the Oita District Court ruled in a lawsuit in which the plaintiffs, were seeking damages totaling approximately 53.64 million yen. The case concerned an incident that occurred in 2014, when an unemployed man with an intellectual disability aged 42 and the caretaker managing the apartment where he lived, who was aged 62, both died following an altercation.”

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.”