May 23, 2007:
Visit to National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities (NRCD)
and
National Vocational Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities (NVRCD)
Training Report - Vocational Rehabilitation Course 2007
Today was the fist visit of this course!
In the morning, we visited National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities (NRCD)
and observed various programs provided at the center.
The participants could even observe inside the bathroom of the dormitory attached to the center.
The bathroom was very spacious and made barrier free. The participants were also excited to see a
wide range of prosthesis and orthosis presented in this center.
URL for NRCD: http://www.rehab.go.jp/english/index.html
National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities and National Vocational Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities are located in the same site.
In the afternoon, the participants visited National Vocational Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities and One of the Planning Committee members, accompanied us in the afternoon. The participants observed various training courses and services offered at the center. The participants were impressed to see the realistic setting of the training course in Hotel Service and Sales offered for the persons with intellectual disabilities. During the visit, they could also observe some assistive devices used by the trainees such as typing aid and mouse with a scroll-ball for computers.
URL:http://www.nvrcd.ac.jp/guide_english.pdf
We finished today's visit with a reflection session with One of the Planning Committee members. The participants could clarify many questions they had from today's visit and also from previous lectures.
