Business Booming at Japanese Cafe Run by Deaf Employees
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…
Category: Disability
Agricultural Welfare Workshops for Disabled
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…
Minato Ward Improving Experience for Wheelchair Users
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…
The Reason I Jump – Accessible Japan Book Review
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,…
One Cane, One Umbrella, One Hand
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 …
Japanese Disabled Artist Tomihiro Hoshino
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…
