障害学国際セミナー 2024
2024 East Asia Disability Studies Forum in Taiwan

Day 1 : 10/25 (Fri)

08:30-09:00

□Registration

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09:00-09:10

◾︎Opening Remarks

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09:10-09:50

◾︎Keynote Speech A

Reasonable accommodation for new employees with disability – ways to elicit and respond to personal needs and preferences

• Speaker： Karen Fisher (Professor, Social Policy research Centre, University of New South Wales, Australia )


• Moderator： Prof. Yi-Chun Chou (President of Taiwan Society of Disability Studies)

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09:50-10:10

□Tea Break & Poster Presentation

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10:10-11:40

◾︎Session 1： Reasonable Accommodation in the Workplace

• Moderator：Dongsuk Lee (Professor, Department of Social Welfare Daegu University)


• Presenters：
  
  • Taiwan
  Bo-Yen Chen (Master's student at Soochow University's Institute of Sociology)
  The necessity and restrictions of reasonable accommodation and legalization in the workplace of the disability in Taiwan : the views of hearing-impaired employees and employers
  
  • Japan
  Osamu KURIKAWA (Ph.D Candidate, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University)
  The movement of teachers with disabilities to guarantee the “right to work’’ and issues of reasonable accommodation in Japan
  
  • Korea
  HyungSik Jin (Korean Federation Centers for Independent Living of Persons with Disabilities)
  Challenges in providing reasonable accommodations for disabled workers: Is it an issue of facility availability or organizational awareness?
  
  • China
  Peng Dieng (School of Law, Hubei University of Economics)
  Reasonable Accommodation at Workplace through a Perspective of Business and Human Rights,


• Discussant： Jia-He Lin (Associate Professor, College of Law, National Cheng chi University)

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11:40-13:00

□Lunch & Poster Presentation

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13:00-14:30

◾︎Session 2：Deinstitutionalization

• Moderator： Kasumi ITO (Eminent Associate Professor, Institute of Ars Vivendi, Ritsumeikan University)


• Presenters：
  
  • Taiwan
  I-Chun Geoff LI (Graduate Institute of Rehabilitation Counseling, NCUE)
  Reflection on the Alternative Refuges in Taiwan：Historical Context, Controversies, and Governance Challenges
  
  • Japan
  Motoyuki GOTO (Associate Professor, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Vice-director, Institute of Ars Vivendi, Ritsumeikan University)
  The difficulty of psychiatric deinstitutionalization in Japan history, care responsibility, social welfare
  
  • Korea
  Yeon-ok Jeong (Gwangju Independent Living Center for the Disabled / Center Director)
  Progress, Policies and Future Prospects of Deinstitutionalization in Korea
  
  • China
  Yan-Xing Han (Free lancer, initiator of the Disabled Volunteer Network)
  How can social organizations promote the improvement of public policies?—A Case Study on the Advocacy of the "Zero Refusal" Policy for Autistic Children Attending Regular Classes in Z City


• Discussant： Yi-Hui Wang (Deputy Executive Director, Syin-Lu Social Welfare Foundation)

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14:30-14:40

□Tea Break

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14:40-16:10

◾︎Session 3： Supported Decision-Making

• Moderator： Heekyong Chong (Professor, Department of Social Welfare, GwangjuUniversity)


• Presenters：
  
  • Taiwan
  Yueh-Ching Chou (Professor, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan), Sangeun Cho (Associate Professor, Hankyong National University, Republic of Korea) & Toshi Uwano (Research fellow, RCAST, University of Tokyo)
  Personal assistance in three East Asian countries : Policy choices and the experiences of disabled people
  
  • Japan
  Izumi OTANI (Professor, Faculty of Social Sciences, Ritsumeikan University, Director, Institute of Ars Vivendi, Ritsumeikan University)
  Supported decision-making and accessibility : on Euthanasia / Death with Dignity
  
  • Korea
  Kangwon Kim (Public Interest & Human Rights Center / DLG Law Corp.)
  Current situations and challenges of Supported Decision Making in Korea
  
  • China
  Lian Yu (Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Xi’an Jiaotong University)
  Suspension, Integration to Mutually Promoting : Exploring the Future of Accessibility Enhancement by Taking Healthcare Accessibility as an Example


• Discussant：Sieh-Chuen Huang (Professor, College of Law, National Taiwan University)

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16:10-16:30

□Tea Break & Poster Presentation

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16:30-17:10

◾︎Keynote Speech B

Reconstructing an inclusive imagined community: reflections on UNCRPD implementation in Taiwan

• Speaker： Heng-Hao Chang（Dean of the School of Social Sciences, Taipei University）


• Moderator： Hsin-Ping Hung（Secretary-General of League for persons with Disability, ＲTaiwan）

Day2 : 10/26 (Sat)

09:00-09:40

◾︎Keynote Speech C

• Speaker： Rosemary Kayess (Australian National Human Rights Commission)


• Moderator： Rong-Zhang Wang／ (Taiwan National Human Rights Commission)

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09:40-10:10

□Tea Break & Poster Presentation

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10:10-11:40

◾︎Session 4： Possibilities and Limitations of the CRPD

• Moderator：Prof. Osamu NAGASE （senior researcher, Institute of Ars Vivendi, Ritsumeikan University）


• Presenters：
  
  • Taiwan
  Yang-Yi Zheng (Assistant Professor, General Education Center, National Central University)
  How to Implement CRPD in Lifelong Education : An Example of the Evaluation System of Community Colleges in Taiwan
  
  • Japan
  Satoshi KAWASHIMA (Professor, The Open University of Japan) An analysis of the CRPD in terms of models of disability
  
  • Korea
  Han-jin Jo (Department of Disability Studies, Graduate School, Daegu University)
  The possibilities and limitations of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
  
  • China
  Shu-Kun Zhao (Professor, Human Rights Institute, Southwest University of Political Science and Law)
  Understanding Disability Rights via the Intersectionality of Human Identities


• Discussant：Nai-Yi, Sun (Professor, College of Law, National Taiwan University)

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11:40-12:00

◾︎Discussion and Closing

• Moderator：
  Hsin-Ping Hung (Secretary-General of League for persons with Disability, Taiwan)
  Prof. Yi-Chun Chou (President of Taiwan Society of Disability Studies)

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12:00-13:20

□Private Session for Organization of EADSF 2025