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…
Notes from the Obstacle Course Dr. Michael Peckitt Ever since playing the 1983 Star Wars Arcade game, I have loved video games. After my initial secondary school education, aged sixteen, partly because of a love of video games, I briefly tried to study computer programming, until I realized I was Read more…
Maureen T. Corrigan holds a medical degree, a masters in administration and a college fellowship. She began her career as a medical practitioner then moved into management of hospitals, health services and aged care. Maureen retired earlier than anticipated because of multiple sclerosis but has taken this time to explore Read more…
Expat author, advocate, and friend of Accessible Japan, Suzanne Kamata’s unpublished memoir Squeaky Wheels: Travels with my Daughter by Plane, Train, Boat, Tuk-tuk, Metro and Wheelchair has been named a finalist for the first Half the World Global Literati Award! Sponsored by Half the World Holdings, a woman-focused investment platform, Read more…
A Silent Voice is a new animated film about a lead character who is bullied for being deaf. While most anime in Japan is broadcast without closed captioning on TV, the creators insisted on being inclusive for those who are hearing impaired by putting subtitles on the theatrical release. Based on the manga comic Koe Read more…