Higher Education and Disability Landscape in Japan

October 15, 1:30pm - 2:45pm
Mānoa Campus, Tokioka Room (Moore Hall 319)

Center for Japanese Studies 1890 East-West Road, Moore 216 University of Hawaiʻi at ԴDz Honolulu, HI 96822 For more information about CJS events: https://manoa.hawaii.edu/japanese-studies/ For disability access, please contact the Center at 956-2665 or cjs@hawaii.edu.   Dr. Kiriko Takahashi is an Associate Specialist at the Center on Disability Studies and a Project Associate Professor at the Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST), The University of Tokyo. Her work focuses on improving access, participation, and inclusion for students with disabilities in higher education. Drawing on her research and the Platform of Higher Education in Disabilities (PHED), as well as her chapter in the International Handbook of Disabilities in Higher Education, this seminar will provide an overview of the evolving landscape of disability services in Japanese higher education. It will examine the development of institutional and national policies, changes following Japan’s ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and ongoing efforts to promote reasonable accommodation, accessibility, and inclusive higher education. The talk will also consider current challenges and emerging practices in supporting students with disabilities across Japanese universities.


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