May 21, 2007 PM:
Lecture on Global Movement on Disability and Japanese Disability Policy
by Mr. Ichiro MARUYAMA
Training Report - Vocational Rehabilitation Course 2007
The first lecture was on Global Movement on Disability and Japanese Disability Policy by Planning
Committee Member and Course Leader.
Lecture Material:
http://www.jicafriends.jp/vocational/gi2007/material/lecture/0521/index.html
Before the lecture starts, the participants visited the Shinjuku Ward Welfare Center for Persons with Disabilities adjoining to Toyama Sunrise and observed some activities carried out in this center for persons with disabilities.
In the beginning of the lecture, each participant wrote down on a white board how they say
“persons with disabilities” in their local language.
Then they explained what it literally means.
Mr. Maruyama explained the global movement on disability since the Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons in 1975 till the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which was adopted in December 2006.
Before the end of the lecture, two videos were shown: "Emerging" by Canadian Rehabilitation Association and "Rehabilitation in Japan" by JSRPD. These contains a lot of animation and pictures and so they were easy to understand as well as very impressive.
