DO-IT Japan Booklet Cover, © DO-IT Japan DO-IT （Diversity, Opportunities, Internetworking and Technology）Japan is a program for youth with disabilities. It focuses on helping middle school, high school, and university students learn about self advocacy, understanding themselves and their disabilities, and independence. It has a strong emphasis on technology (with Read more…
Japan is generally a fairly inclusive place for people from around the world speaking many different languages. While many of the top areas of Japan have street signs in several different languages and multilingual officials, only a few places have had sign language laws until now. The Japanese Federation of the Read more…
Notes from the Obstacle Course Dr. Michael Peckitt It is has been nearly two weeks since Satoshi Uematsu killed 19 disabled people and injured 26 others, as they slept at the Tsukui Yamayuri-en care home for the disabled in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. It is difficult to know how to respond Read more…
Photo by Taeko Tsugiya A few months ago I had the opportunity to share a bit about Accessible Japan at the Barrierless City Awards. One of the main presenters that day was Yuriko Oda (織田友理子) who has GNE Myopathy/HIBM/DMRV. Yuriko is the president of the ‘Patients Association for Distal Myopathies’ (PADM) Read more…
Photo via Chunichi Newspaper Notes from the Obstacle Course Dr. Michael Peckitt As I write this it is now five days since the Sagamihara Attack, where Satoshi Uematsu stabbed 19 people, and injured 26 others at the Tsukui Yamayuri-en care home for the intellectually disabled in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture. We now know Read more…
Photo via Kyodo News Notes from the Obstacle Course Dr. Michael Peckitt Since early morning on Tuesday 26th July, I have had many tweets, private Facebook messages and texts, all about one event, a stabbing at the Tsukui Yamayuri-en (Tsukui Lily Garden), a care facility for disabled people in Kanagawa. According to Read more…