What Does a Blind Person Think about Virtual Reality?
Katsutoshi Tsuji joined our virtual reality (VR) accessibility research and provided a lot of insightful feedback. You can read what he shared in Virtual Reality Accessibility: 11...
Kenji Yanagawa
Kenji Yanagawa is an accessibility consultant and Equal Entry's business manager in Japan. He is based in Kyoto.
Interview with Japan’s First Person with a severe Disability in the Member of the House of Councillors
Eiko Kimura is the first person with a severe disability who is a member of the House of Councillors in Japan. Here’s a little background on Japan’s National Diet for those not...
How Virtual Reality Makes It Possible to Experience Different Vision Conditions
I’m nearsighted. When I was a child, my friends would often hold up two fingers making a V sign and ask, “How many fingers do you see?” “I can see the number of fingers, but I...
How Do You Say “People with Disabilities” in Japanese?
The Japanese language consists of two writing systems known as hiragana and katakana based on Chinese characters. Together, they’re known as kana. Hiragana and katakana are easily...
日本初の重度障害を抱えた参議院議員にインタビュー
木村英子氏は初めての障害を持った日本の参議院議員です。日本の国会に馴染みがない方の為に少し背景をご紹介したいと思います。日本の国会は二院制です。下院は衆議院で、上院は参議院です。 ...
「しょうがいしゃ」の3つの表記方法。どれ使えばいい？？
「しょうがいしゃ」という言葉を文字にするとき、昨今では主に三つの書き方がみられます。「障害者」が一般的でしたが、近年では「障碍者」や「障がい者」を好む人も多いようです。なぜ人によって異なる表記を好むのか、表記を変えることにどういった意味があるのか、という事についてみていきたいと思います。どうやら、障がいには「医療モデル」と「社会モデル」と呼ばれるものがあるら...