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July 21, 2006
Self-Advocacy
How many of you believe that persons with disabilities are able to express
their opinions or ideas?
I learned about self-advocacy for persons with intellectual disabilities
from a Malaysian participant of Vocational Rehabilitation Course this year.
I had heard of the word of "Self-Advocacy" before, however I realized that I
hadn't understood its real meaning.
I would like to share with you "Request to the Welfare Measures of Tokyo
Metropolitan Government" and "Self-Advocacy Resolution (tentative
version)"today. Mr. Kenjiro Yamada and members of Yuai-kai （Group of
persons with intellectual disabilities themselves) organized and wrote the
requests to the government.
I look forward to hearing your opinion.
keiko nakatani
http://www.jicafriends.jp/vocational/gi2006/material/resume/yuai/index.html
Posted by jicafriends at July 21, 2006 03:51 PM