Japanese Paralympic Hopeful Prepares for Rio Games
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…
Category: Disability
An Interview with Dr. Michael Gillan Peckitt
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…
Lonely Planet’s Accessible Travel Online Resources
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…
From India to Japan for Disability Rights
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…
On the Tokyo 2020 Summer Paralympics
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…
Exclusive Interview with Doglegs Director
(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…
