Articles tagged “Persons with Disabilities” 10

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State Department’s Sara Minkara, Champion of Disability Rights

Sara Minkara has spent her career changing the narrative surrounding disability. She emphasizes the value...
Feb 17, 2022VIEW
Social Issues

Learning to See Beyond What Meets the Eyes: My American Experience

The morning of August 20, 2007 is as clear in my memory as if it were yesterday. I stood at the airport i...
Feb 5, 2021VIEW
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U.S. Laws Help People with Disabilities Vote

When Americans choose their representatives, polling places nationwide accommodate voters with disabiliti...
Aug 19, 2020VIEW
Social Issues

Partners for Progress: Disability Rights Group Gets a Hand from U.S. Consulate Nagoya

Almost 50 years ago, the world’s first independent living facility run by and for people with disabilitie...
Aug 12, 2020VIEW
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Accessibility Is for Everyone: An Interview with Mark Bookman

University of Pennsylvania Ph.D. candidate Mark Bookman has studied in Japan several times, starting out ...
Jul 21, 2020VIEW
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Sign-Language-Friendly Businesses Take Off

To enter a shop and chat with the person behind the counter is a rare experience for deaf and hard of hea...
Jul 21, 2020VIEW
Editors' PicksEducation & Study AbroadSocial Issues

Supporting Athletes with Disabilities: Adaptive Sports Teacher Yuta Saito

When Yuta Saito was in college, he met some people with disabilities through a seminar class he was takin...
Jul 1, 2019VIEW
SportsSocial Issues

Paralympian John Register Shares “New Normal” Mindset for Hurdling Life’s Obstacles

When John Register qualified for the Olympic trials for hurdles in 1988 and 1992, he was flying high and ...
Jan 28, 2019VIEW
SportsSocial Issues

These Athletes Prove Disabilities Are No Bar to Sports

Vibhas Sen is a digital marketing manager for a multinational insurance company in Mumbai, India. He love...
May 15, 2017VIEW
Editors' PicksPoliticsSocial Issues

The Americans with Disabilities Act

This article is available only in Japanese....
Apr 2, 2015VIEW

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