Notes from the Obstacle Course Dr. Michael Peckitt On Monday 15th August 2016, Satoshi Uematsu was rearrested by the Kanagawa police. According to sources, the suspect Uematsu had already admitted to killing 19 people on July 26th, and had given himself up. According to The Japan Times, Uematsu: “[W]as arrested 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 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…
Notes from the Obstacle Course Dr. Michael Peckitt Even if you do not have a disability, if you spend enough time in Japan, you will come across the phrase “Barrier Free”, a phrase used by the Japanese government and other interested parties, when highlighting the needs of the disabled in Read more…