Independent Living Movement in Asia

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Independent Living Movement in Asia
Shoji Nakanishi Japan Council On Independent
Living Centers (JIL)
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Structure of JIL
Committees
Peer Counseling
Board
Members
Personal Assistance
Area Networking
Secretariat
Management
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Numbers of Members of JIL (Japan Council on
Independent Living Centers)
Hokkaido3
Akita1
As of May 17th, 2004
Total 130
Yamagata1
1
Ishikawa1
Niigata1
29
Fukui1
Aomori2
10
Gunma1
Iwate1
Shiga2
Nagano2
Shimane1
Miyagi2
Kyoto1
Toyama1
Fukushima6
Hyogo7
Hiroshima3
Tottori1
Ibaraki2
Yamaguchi2
Tochigi2
Okayama1
Chiba5
Fukuoka6
Tokyo26
Saitama4
Saga1
Aichi6
Kanagawa3
Kumamoto1
Nara2
Yamanashi1
Miyazaki1
Wakayama1
Kagawa1
Kagoshima1
Ehime1
Shizuoka5
Osaka15
Okinawa2
Kouchi1
Ooita1
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Demography of persons who achieved independent
living with supports from IL centers
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1029
50
Hokkaido43
(By March, 2003)
Akita1
Aomori6
Ishikawa5
Fukui2
Yamagata7
Iwate2
Toyama8
Shiga17
Nagano15
Kyoto21
Miyagi10
Niigata8
Hyogo50
Fukushima26
Tochigi2
Shimane4
Gunma2
Ibaraki10
Tottori7
Okayama10
Saitama30
Hiroshima20
Chiba15
Yamaguchi11
Fukuoka30
Tokyo235
Saga2
Kanagawa32
Yamanashi5
Nagasaki5
Gifu3
Sizuoka33
Kouchi2
Kumamoto20
Aichi39
Osaka103
Ehime10
Mie2
Kagoshima5
Oita6
Kagawa4
Nara5
Wakayama3
Miyazaki4
Okinawa12
Tokushima2
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Develop and Support Independent Living Centers

• Human Resource Development Project

(1)organization of seminar
two to three day intensive seminar
national seminar bloc seminar
Contents payment of financial
assistance management of home-help and care
services under financial assistance and
nursing care insurance by government support for
independent living of persons with severe
disabilities implementation of peer-counseling
and independent living program cross-disability
services etc
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Develop and Support Independent Living Centers

• Human resource development project

(2) correspondence course
Contents philosophy and history of independent
living peer-counseling independent living
program administrative services and
institutions advocacy personal assistance
services negotiations with administrative
agencies support for independence
management of organization etc
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Develop and Support Independent Living Centers

• Human resource development project

(3) internet course
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Develop and Support Independent Living Centers

• Human resource development project

(4) individual training program
Program Contents management of personal
assistance services account and taxation of
NPO draw up management plan draw up
fund-raising plan, etc.
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Cooperation with Korea
Dispatch peer counseling trainers to Korea
Give lectures to study trip members from Korea
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IL Movement in Korea
Demonstration on a railroad track of the subway
Demonstration for accessible bus
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Cooperation with Thailand
IL workshop with resource persons from Japan and
Korea
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IL Movement in Thailand
PWDs who became independent after the workshop
went shopping and attended the Buddhist ritual
for the first time.
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Cooperation with Pakistan
IL workshop with resource persons from Japan
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IL Movement in Pakistan
Life IL Center in Lahore
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Cooperation with Philippines
IL workshop in Cebu