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■What's New

◆Conference of the Association on Higher Education And Disability (the Mile-High City of Denver, Colorado, July 12-17, 2010)　Call for Proposals Deadline: November 13, 2009
http://www.ahead.org/conferences/2010-cfp

◇TATEIWA Shin'ya　September 26, 2009　 "On the Occasion of Symposium "Talking about Support of Students with Disabilities in Higher Education": What We Are Doing Here"
　The 6th Annual Convention of Japan Society of Disability Studies

◆AOKI Shintaro (ed.) February 5, 2009 Techniques of Support for Students with Visual Disabilities，Report Issued by Research Center Ars Vivendi of Ritsumeikan University, Vol.6, 2009. 182p. ISSN 1882-6539
☆Full text is available for Japanese and Korean version.

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■WHO

◆AOKI Shintaro (青木 慎太朗)
◆YASUDA Masayuki (安田 真之)
◆UEMURA Kaname (植村 要）

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■Literature / Reports

◆WATANABE-TAYLOR Mika Survery Report "Opportunities and challenges for expansion of the Association on Higher Education And Disability (AHEAD): A Japanese perspective"
http://ahead.org/uploads/docs/resources/internationalinit/Survey%20Report%20in%20English.doc (English)
http://ahead.org/uploads/docs/resources/internationalinit/Survey%20Report%20in%20Japanese.doc (Japanese)

◆YAMADA Yasukazu 　September 26-27, 2009　"Inclusive Design of University Education Considered from the Existence of "Developmental Disabilities": Exposing "Invisible Barriers" through Activities of Network of Partnership of Students with Disabilities" (in Japanese)
　The 6th Annual Convention of Japan Society of Disability Studies, Ritsumeikan University

◆SUGIMURA Naomi 　September 26-27, 2009　"Examination of Effectiveness of Self-completed Questionnaire for Understanding Developmental Disabilities: Culture of School and Special Needs Education" (in Japanese)
　The 6th Annual Convention of Japan Society of Disability Studies, Ritsumeikan University

By our Program Members

◆AOKI Shintaro (ed.) February 5, 2009 Techniques of Support for Students with Visual Disability，Report Issued by Research Center Ars Vivendi of Ritsumeikan University, Vol.6, 2009. 182p. ISSN 1882-6539
☆Full text is available for Japanese and Korean version.

◆SAKURAI Satoshi, KASHIMA Moeko & IKEDA Masahiro 　September 26-27, 2009 "Framework for Security of the Right to Study Using the Voice-recognition Software" (in Japanese)
　The 6th Annual Convention of Japan Society of Disability Studies, Ritsumeikan University

◆YASUDA Masayuki　September 26-27, 2009 "Challenges of Support of Disabled Students in Higher Education Mainly by Student Volunteers: Focusing on Support of Disabled Students at Nihon Fukushi University" (in Japanese)
　The 6th Annual Convention of Japan Society of Disability Studies, Ritsumeikan University

◆AOKI Shintaro & YASUDA Masayuki　September 26-27, 2009 "Challenges in Support of Research of Graduate Students with Visual Disabilities: What can Be Seen from the Course of Computer at Graduate School of Ritsumeikan University" (in Japanese)
　The 6th Annual Convention of Japan Society of Disability Studies, Ritsumeikan University

◆YASUDA Masayuki　February 21, 2009 "For Better Support of Disabled Students: Better Relationship and Cooperation of Disabled Students, Teachers, and Supporters"
　"Support of Disabled Students Forum 2009" Panel Discussion (Chairperson), Nihon Fukushi University

◆AOKI Shintaro June 21, 2008 Report, Round-table Discussion "Current Conditions and Challenges of Assistance of the Visually Disabled in Universities: What is Asked for in Sudan Now" (Japanese), Ritsumeikan University

◆YASUDA Masayuki　May 10, 2009 "The Present Situation and Problems of Support for Disabled Students in Higher Education in Japan: Toward the Cooperation in East Asia"
　International Symposium "Future of Support by People with Disabilities: Possibilities of Collaboration between Japan, Taiwan and South Korea", Ritsumeikan University

◆YASUDA Masayuki　December 2008 "The Meaning and Problems of Support for Disabled Students by Students in Nihon Fukushi University Model: From the Viewpoint of a Student with Visual Disorders"
　Graduation Thesis of Nihon Fukushi University

◆YASUDA Masayuki　August 21, 2006 "My College Life as a Student with Visual Disorder"
　The 15th Japan-Vietnam Friendship Seminar on Education of Disabled Children, Hanoi Teachers College

◆YASUDA Masayuki　August 2008 ”The First Step for International Exchange to Study and Grow Up Together"
　FUJIMOTO Bunro, FUJII Katsumi, KURODA Manabu and MUKAI Keiji Handmade Education for International Understanding: Study Tour of Vietnamese Disabled Children Creates Kamogawa pp.112-115

◆YASUDA Masayuki　July 26, 2008 "The Meaning of Learning Social Welfare in my Youth: Learning in University"
　The 2nd Welfare Education Study Forum, Symposist, Nihon Fukushi University

◆AOKI Shintaro March 14, 2008 "Supporting Students of Disabilities in Participating in Research Activities: How to Access Necessary Information", Peking University/Ritsumeikan University Research Exchange Joint Symposium PPT 5573k (Japanese)

◆AOKI Shintaro February 17, 2008 ""Differences" in Higher Education: Prologue for Participation of Persons with "Differences""
　Identity and Alterity in Multiculturalism and Social Justice: "Conflicts", "Identity", "Alterity", "Solutions?"

◆HAN Sung-Min & AOKI Shintaro February 16, 2008 "Assistive Technology for Blind Persons: Present State of Assistive Technology Development and Issues to Be Addressed"
　Research Meeting of Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Base (B) Task Number 18300035 (Representative: Masakazu Suzuki) and Task Number 17300189 (Representative: Katsuhito Yamaguchi) Called "Electronic Treating of Scientific Documents and Accessibility"

◆AOKI Shintaro January 22, 2008 "Please Undestand Video Barrier-free: Lecture with the Professional, Ms. Fukada at Hagoromo International University"
　The Yomiuri Shinbun January 22, 2008 Morning Edition:Osaka 2

◆AOKI Shintaro November 2, 2007 "Mechanism That Supports Families and Teachers That Support Students (Persons) with Disability: Questions from Ars Vivendi"
　The 5th Training Session for Dormitory Staff Members, Dormitory at Osaka Prefectual School for the Blind

◆AOKI Shintaro September 23, 2007 "Support of Students with Disabilities and Research Support of Graduate Students: A Case of Support of Graduate Students with Visual Disability in Ritsumeikan University"
　The 55th Annual Convention of Japanese Society for the Study of Social Welfare, Osaka City University

◆AOKI Shintaro September 22, 2007 "Considering the Safety of Stations and Barriers of the Platform from Viewpoints of People with Visual Disability"
　Sysposium for Considering the Safety of Stations and Barriers of the Platform, Humind http://challenged.sakura.ne.jp/aoki/070922.ppt (Japanese)

◆AOKI Shintaro September 20, 2007 "Considering the Environment Everyone who Needs Assitance Is Easy to Learn" (Interview)
　RS Web http://www.ritsumei.ac.jp/mng/gl/koho/rs/070920/005.htm (Japanese)

◆HAN Sung-Min, AOKI Shintaro & KIKKO Koichi September 16 & 17, 2007 "The Current Condition of Techonology for Supporting Text-to-speech Reading for Information Surety and its Challenges" (Japanese)
　The 4th Annual Conference of Japan Society for Disability Studies, Ritsumeikan University

◆UEMURA Kaname, AOKI Shintaro, ITO Michiko & YAMAGUCHI Maki September 16 & 17, 2007 "Techniques of Support of Students with Visual Disability No.2: A Case of Support to a Graduate Student with Visual Disability in Ritsumeikan University" (Japanese)
　The 4th Annual Conference of Japan Society for Disability Studies, Ritsumeikan University

◆AOKI Shintaro, UEMURA Kaname, GOTO Yoshihiko, SANEMATSU Ichiro & HAN Sung-Min September 16 & 17, 2007 "Techniques of Support od Students with Visual Disability No.1: Ways of Information Surety and Challenges" (Japanese)
　The 4th Annual Conference of Japan Society for Disability Studies, Ritsumeikan University

◆AOKI Shintaro August 9, 2007 Report
Round Table Discussion: Visually Diabled Persons Talk about their Study at Higher Education in Sudan & Japan
　http://challenged.sakura.ne.jp/aoki/070809.html (Japanese)

◆AOKI Shintaro June 25, 2007 "Persons with Visual Disability and Traveling: Circumstances of Barrier-free Transportation in Japan"
　Hagoromo University http://www.hagoromo.ac.jp/news_cl.php?n=1506 (Japanese)

◆AOKI Shintaro June 23, 2007 "Various Issues over Assistance of Students with Disabilities: Institutionalization of Assistance and its Future"
　The 5th Annual Convention of Japan Welfare Sociology Association (Japanese), Tokyo Gakugei University

◆AOKI Shintaro June 16, 2007 "Difficulties over "Having Difficulty Seeing": Ars Vivendi 　Salon of KVS, Osaka NPO Plaza

◆AOKI Shintaro April 24, 2007 "Students with Visual Disability at University and its Assistance" (Report in Japanese)
　#303/304, Soshikan Building, Ritsumeikan University

◆AOKI Shintaro March 31, 2007 "Advances in Study Group on BAS: In Relation to Long Distance Support in Graduate Schools"
　Birth 1:172-175

◆AOKI Shintaro March 31, 2007 "The Constitution of Supports for Students with Disabilities in University"
　Core Ethics 3:1-12 [abstract]

◆AOKI Shintaro March 27, 2007 "Support of Students with Visual Disability and Copyright: Focusing on Information Surety to Students with Visual Disability"
　NIME Kenkyu Hokoku 33:37-51

◆AOKI Shintaro March 27, 2007 "The Present Condition of Support of Students with Disabilities in Universities: Organization and Memo of Research and Practice of Support of Students with Disabilities"
　NIME Kenkyu Hokoku 33:13-25

◆YASUDA Masayuki　May 15, 2006 "Past, Present and Future of My Life"
　Guest Speaker at "Communication of Disabled People" Course, Department of Social Welfare, Nihon Fukushi University

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■Symposium/Workshops etc.

◆September 26, 2009 "Talking about Support of Students with Disabilities in Higher Education"
Symposium, The 6th Annual Convention of Japan Society of Disability Studies, Ristumeikan University


○Symposists
◆HIRAI Yusuke (Student, Wako University) "Episodes on Relationship of the Involved Persons over Interactions of Difficulties of Attending Lectures, Counseling and Asking Thoughtful Consideration"
◆KURATA Mizuho (Student, Nihon Fukushi University)
◆KIRIHARA Naoyuki（Japan National Group of Mentally Disabled People／Visiting Researcher of Planning Network Tohoku) "Mental Disability and Support for Students with Disabilities"
◆GOTO Yoshihiko (Coordinator, Students with Disabilities Services, Ferris University) ""Support for People with Disabilities" and "Support for Students with Disabilities": Can Disability Studies Connect these?"

◆Plan & Chairperson: AOKI Shintaro (Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University) & YASUDA Masayuki (Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University)
◆Address: TATEIWA Shin'ya (Professor, Graduate School of Core Ethics and Frontier Sciences, Ritsumeikan University) "On the Occasion of Symposium "Talking about Support of Students with Disabilities in Higher Education": What We Are Doing Here"

[Purpose]
　It is said that about half of colleges and universities in Japan have students with some disabilities today. The practices and studies on supporting disabled students in higher education have attracted attentions. Especially, a lot of researches have been conducted across universities on supports of "Information Security" which include sign language interpretation, note taking and braille translation.
　On the other hand, it is also true that existing "support for disabled students", which mainly focuses on visual or auditory disorders or physical disabilities, has created a category of disabled students as the support target in arbitrary and selective limitations. As a result, it has made many disabled students which cannnot receive the support. Some efforts and studies have been made on supporting students with such disabilities as developmental disorders recently. However, concerning "disabilities" or "support" which are the foundation of supporting disabled students, discussion has not been made enough.
　Quite many studies or supporting efforts also seem to have overlooked the actual situation of disabled students' facing problems or their demands while most of the studies on supporting disabled students have been conducted by academic scholars or "professional" researchers.
　In this symposium, students with internal impediments, developmental disorders, or mental disorders are asked to talk about their experiences in their own college or university life and what they think. After that, disucussions are held together with these students, and academic scholars who are involved in supporting disabled students in universities on the way of support of disabled students who have been excluded from the existing support system. Then, we would like to discuss what disability studies can do to contribute to the practices and studies on supporting the disabled students. (Written by AOKI Shintaro & YASUDA Masayuki)

◇Newspaper Article September 27, 2009 "How should we support students with disabilities?: Symposium at Ritsumeikan University", The Kyoto Shimbun Morning Edition:26


　◆May 10, 2009 International Symposium "Future of Support by People with Disabilities: Possibilities of Collaboration between Japan, Taiwan and South Korea", Ritsumeikan University


◆From April 14, 2009 through May 22, 2009 Acceptance of Training of Ms. Ying-Ju CHEN

◆June 6, 2009 "Students with Visual Disability Live and Study in Sudan and Japan", Kyoto Prefectural International Center

◆June 21, 2008 Round-table Discussion "Current Conditions and Challenges of Assistance of the Visually Disabled in Universities: What Is Asked for in Sudan Now", Ritsumeikan University

◆August 9, 2007 Round Table Discussion "Visually Diabled Persons Talk about their Study at Higher Education in Sudan & Japan", Tokyo University of Foreign Studies

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■Theme-related Links

◆Association on Higher Education and Disability
http://ahead.org/resources/internationalinit

◆College Resources for Students with Disabilities
http://www.affordablecollegesonline.org/college-resource-center/resources-for-students-with-disabilities/

◆Helping Students with Visual Impairments
http://www.accreditedschoolsonline.org/resources/helping-students-with-visual-impairments/