“Everyone helps each other” Natsuko Izena talks about barrier-free living regardless of disabilities
On November 17 at Urasoe Tedako Hall Natsuko Izena says, “Everyone helps each other.”
November 18, 2018 Ryukyu Shimpo
On November 17 at Urasoe City Tedako Hall a forum was held for a project promoting a barrier-free, livable society regardless of disability.
Columnist Natsuko Izena gave a lecture themed, “What does it mean to help each other?”
Izena said, “People with disabilities are not people who receive assistance; everyone helps each other.”
More than 200 people attended the forum.
Izena talked about her own experiences including life in a wheelchair, child rearing with ten assistants, and studying abroad.
She stressed that what is necessary for people with disabilities to be able to live just like anyone else is “reasonable accommodation.”
Additionally, she said that people who seem to act independently are still assisted by things that they can rely on and use.
She mentioned, “I wish there were more options for people with disabilities.”
In a subsequent panel discussion Izena and Koji Maekawa, a teacher at a special-needs school, discussed raising children with disabilities and child rearing for people with disabilities.
Maekawa talked about choices for students with disabilities.
He said, “I would like to respect and support the student’s wishes on how he/she wants to live while taking the parents’ thoughts into consideration.”
Keiko Ura, who attended from Urasoe City, said, “Although ‘reasonable accommodation’ sounds difficult, I understand that it means to consistently act with awareness.”
(English translation by T&CT and Megumi Chibana)
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