Japanese post alert! Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has announced that they are working on a guideline on accommodations for universities in order to support students with disabilities. I so want the guideline when it’s ready!
They will be distributed to universities, and will include how to analyze their needs and support individuals via meetings etc.
But, the most fascinating part about this article is the numbers. Compared to 2006, in 2014 the number of students with disabilities at universities, colleges and technical colleges has tripled from 4,937 to 14,127. The number for developmental disabilities and mental illness has increased by ten fold, from 506 in 2006 to 5,866.
Glad this has picked up momentum in Japan!!!
– Maiko Hata (American English Institute, University of Oregon – hata@uoregon.edu, https://www.linkedin.com/in/maikohata)
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