“ “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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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).”
“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 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.”
“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.”
An activity often seen at JR Sumiyoshi Station, Kobe is this: Jehovah’s Witnesses setting their stall out and often approaching the intellectually disabled.
“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.”
“A demonstration of a new system that guides visually impaired people using the sound of smartphones at the premises of a Tokyo metro station was conducted.”
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