Special Needs Schools: The Highlight of my Week
Teaching in Japan is always a challenge. In the 9 years since I first came to call this country my home, I have taught in…
Category: Disability
First Master’s Thesis in Japanese Sign Language
Born without the ability to hear, 36-year old Shinya Kawabata is the first person in Japan to complete his master’s degree thesis in sign language…
News: No Dogs Allowed
On October 3, the Hankyu department store in Osaka hosted an event promoting the awareness of service dogs. One of the attendees, a hearing-impaired woman…
Japanese Government to Prioritize Paralympic Athletes
The Japanese government plans to introduce major budgetary allocations to promising Paralympic athletes for the upcoming 2020 Tokyo Paralympic games. The prioritized budgetary allocations will…
Priority Seats
Notes from the Obstacle Course Dr. Michael Peckitt Since the 1990s, JR East, the division of Japan Railway Co that serves Tokyo and the Kanto…
Gaijin Story – Accessible Japan Book Review
Born in Sheffield in 1978, Michael Gillan Peckitt studied Philosophy at the University of Hull, obtaining his Bachelor’s degree in 2001 and his PhD in…
