TOKYO, Feb 12 — Japanese lawmaker Yasuhiko Funago has a neurological disease that means he cannot speak and communicates by blinking to his carer or operating a computer system with his mouth. But he is demanding to be heard as he fights to improve the lives of people with disabilities in Japan,...
This picture taken on December 2, 2019 shows Personal Assistant Machida founder Shinya Ando , who was paralysed from the chest down after a motorbike accident in his teens, speaking with his colleagues at an office in Machida in Tokyo prefecture. — AFP pic
“I was a corporate soldier before I had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and had hardly any opportunities to have contact with people with disabilities,” Funago told a committee in November. Their election has highlighted a legal loophole that makes it hard for disabled people to work in Japan: The state pays for carers only if the disabled person is not employed or in school.
Japan’s parliament has been updated since 1977, when the country’s first wheelchair-using lawmaker, Eita Yashiro, had to be carried up the stairs to take his seat.Both lawmakers use special reclined chairs that require adjustments in the chamber. Japan’s government says there are 9.63 million people with physical, mental or intellectual disabilities in the country, accounting for more than seven percent of the total population.
Funago wants Japan to ensure people better understand how those with disabilities live, arguing for “inclusive education” where children learn together, regardless of disabilities.
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