A local Fukuoka woman is currently battling a muscular disease that could leave her without the use of her limbs. As if this fight was not bad enough, the gradual atrophy of her limbs through this disease could also cost her the athletic career she has worked so long to build. Read more…
Longtime readers will know our star writer, Dr. Michael Gillan Peckitt. Dr. Peckitt and I first crossed paths in early 2015 when we were both on the NHK program “Barrier-free Variety” about foreigners with disabilities living in Japan. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to meet as Dr. Peckitt was in England Read more…
Starting to plan your next vacation? Hard of hearing or vision-impaired? A wheelchair user or slow walker? Fibromyalgia, MS or spinal-cord injury? If you are coming to Japan, then stay here on our site! But, if you are looking into other countries, then try the recently published Lonely Planet’s Accessible Travel Read more…
By Parul Ghosh I visited Gunma, Japan three years ago when I worked for a cross-disability rights organization in New Delhi, India. The Chairperson of my organization was invited to attend a meeting organized by The Nippon Foundation which had recently established an International Working Group on Leprosy and Human Read more…
Notes from the Obstacle Course Dr. Michael Peckitt It is 2016, four years until the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, and Olympics fever has begun to spread Japan. Japanese television has programs celebrating the achievements of previous Olympians from the Land of the Rising Sun, the breaks between sections of television programs Read more…
(L-R) Doglegs co-founder, and star of the film, Shintaro Yano (ring name “Sambo” Shintaro) watches on as tag-team partner L’Amant delivers a kick to able-bodied “Antithesis” Kitajima’s face. Credit: Alfie Goodrich Doglegs is a movie that may make you feel uncomfortable. Why? It is about people with disabilities in Japan… Read more…