At Sign With Me, a local soup Café in Tokyo customers are received by sign language and gestures from staff members. In Japan it is traditional to receive a ‘irasshaimase’ shouted as a welcome when a new customer enters into a restaurant but here it’s a much more quiet affair. Read more…
With new government regulations formed to support welfare workshops specifically for disabled people, we could see agriculture across Japan begin to regrow. These new initiatives are designed to help disabled people that are interested in starting their own agricultural business. With over 100 million people in Japan who have a Read more…
A new smartphone app as well as some changes to sightseeing routes in the Minato ward of Tokyo could improve the area for those in wheelchairs. The ward is currently known as a difficult area for wheelchair users because of the slopes and sharp corners along the current sightseeing routes. Read more…
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism By Naoki Higashida Synopsis: A memoir that demonstrates how an autistic mind thinks, feels, perceives, and responds – through questions and answers. Parents and family members at last have a way to break through to the curious, subtle, and Read more…
Notes from the Obstacle Course Dr. Michael Peckitt I don’t mind Mondays, but its rainy days that always get me down. A low pressure system is hovering over Japan, so for twelve hours or so, it will rain solidly, the kind of rain that that Bob Dylan used to sing Read more…
Tomihiro Hoshino was an experienced 24-year-old gymnastics teacher with a real passion for the sport. An active mountain climber and gymnastics instructor, his life changed completely as he was demonstrating a double somersault technique to a group of junior high school students. Hoshino unfortunately injured his neck during the maneuver Read more…