International Forum on Independent Living
CONTENTS
Keynote Speech
- Education: Engine of Empowerment(Ms. Judy Heumann, U.S.Department of Education)
- Abstract of "Building Consumer-CenteredSocial Services."(Mr.Nick Danagher, BCODP,IL Committee)
- Personal on Self-Managed Care in Japan:Personal Assistant System Managed by Persons With Disabilities(Mr. Shoji Nakanishi, Human Care Association)
- Promoting The Self-help Movement and International Solidarity in Individual Countries(Mr. Eita Yashiro, The House of Representatives)
Workshops
- Workshop 1(Independent Living Centers Viewed)
- Independent Living Centers Viewed from International Perspective(Mr. Takehiro Sadato, Osaka Prefecture University)
- Change in Society and Independent Living Centers(Mr. Makoto Yamamoto, Seirei Gakuen Junior College)
- History and Future of the Independent Living Movement in Japan(Ms. Keiko Higuchi, Japan Council on Independent Living Centers)
- Workshop 2(Consumer Centered Services and Community Care)
- Services Provided by Disabled People and Community Care(Mr. Shinya Tateiwa, Shinsyu University)
- What "Disabled People's Providing Service"Brings to Social Welfare(Ms. Naoko Ibaraki, Meijigakuin University)
- Workshop 3(Support Services and Related Legislation for Independent Living)
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Supporting Independent Living and Fully Equipping Relevant Laws
(Ms. Eiko Ishige, The House of Representative) - Establishing Legal System Supporting the Independent Living of People with Disabilities(Mr. Ryo Misawa, DPI Japan)
- Workshop 4(Independent Living Movement in Asian Countries)
- Are We on the Right way to Independent Living?(Mr. Dongho Kim, Korea Polio Fundation)
- Perspective on Independent Living Movement in Asia(Ms. Yukiko Nakanishi, Asia Disability Institute)
- Independent Living Movement of Persons with Disabilities in Asian Countries (Mr. Kasuhiko Ymaguchi, Tokyo IL Center for the Visually Impaired)
- International cooperation and exchange in the field of the Social Services for the Disabled Persons in Japan (Mr. Hideharu Uemura, Japan College of Social Work)
- Workshop 5(Grass Root movement and Advocacy)