Taryn Dickey joins the show again to share reflections on ADHD with Christina after her diagnosis. This is such a special episode -enjoy. 

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154. Reflections on ADHD with Taryn Dickey

The Japan Branch of Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI) has announced that Shoji Nakanishi, a former Chair and long‑serving Standing Committee member of DPI Japan, died on March 26, 2025. Nakanishi founded Japan’s first ‘Independent Living Centre’ in 1986.

Episode Notes:

‘Shoji Nakanishi, Founder of Japan’s First Independent Living Centre, Dies Aged 80’:

https://barrierfreejapan.com/2025/04/06/shoji-nakanishi-founder-of-japans-first-independent-living-centre-dies-aged-80/


Shoji Nakanishi, Founder of Japan’s First Independent Living Centre, Dies Aged 80

In this Complex Care Journal Club podcast episode, Drs. Chelsea Bodnar and James Bohnhoff discuss a cross-sectional study of children with medical complexity and their access to care in Montana. They describe challenges and inequities in access to care, implications for practice, and next steps from this work.

SPEAKERS
Chelsea Bodnar, MD, MPhil
Chief Executive Officer
Montana Pediatrics

James Bohnhoff, MD, MS
Assistant Professor and Pediatrician
MaineHealth

HOST
Kilby Mann, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
Children's Hospital Colorado

DATE
Initial publication date: April 7, 2025.

JOURNAL CLUB ARTICLE
Bohnhoff J, Bodnar C, Graham J, Knudson J, Fox E, Leary C, Cater L, Noonan C. Medicaid‑Insured Children with Medical Complexity in a Rural State. Acad Pediatr. 2024 Dec 24:102628. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2024.102628. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39725002.

TRANSCRIPT
https://cdn.bfldr.com/D6LGWP8S/as/7j8pnk2vmjc9jb3kwbh2njk/Bodnar_and_Bohnhoff_transcript_4-1-25‌

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CITATION
Bodnar C, Bohnhoff J, Mann K. Far From Care: Children with Medical Complexity in a Rural Setting. 4/2025. OPENPediatrics. Online Podcast. https://soundcloud.com/openpediatrics/far-from-care-children-with-medical-complexity-in-a-rural-setting

Far From Care: Children with Medical Complexity in a Rural Setting

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Beatrice speaks with Micah Khater about her award winning article on the intersection of race, disability, and incarceration in the southern US in the early 20th century, and her work documenting the history of how Black women experienced and theorized disability from within Alabama prisons.

Read Micah’s full article, “No Use to the State: Phrasing Escape and a Black Radical Epistolary of Disability in Early Twentieth-Century Alabama Prisons” (winner of the 2024 Toni Cade Bambara Article Prize from the Black Women's Studies Association) here: https://dsq-sds.org/index.php/dsq/article/view/9662/8007

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Beatrice and Phil speak with lifelong activist William Bronston about his experiences trying to take down the infamous Willowbrook institution from within as a young doctor, his appeal to replace “long term care” with “lifetime care," and how his work towards deinstitutionalization informs his ongoing advocacy for single payer healthcare.

Transcript: https://www.deathpanel.net/transcripts/lifetime-care-dr-william-bronston

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The US has imposed an import ban on solar salt products produced by a Korean company, citing “forced labour.” This is the first time that a foreign government has banned the import of a Korean company’s products for the reason that they were made using forced labour.

Since 2014, suspicions of human trafficking and forced labor of intellectually disabled people have emerged in salt fields in Sinan-gun, including Taipyeong Salt Fields. In 2022, victims of forced labour in salt fields spoke to the media, saying things like "I ran away but was caught" and "I was beaten." The US has imposed an import ban on solar salt products produced by a Korean company, citing "forced labour." This is the first time that a foreign government has banned the import of a Korean company's products for the reason that they were made using forced labour.

Episode Notes:

' “Disabled people forced to work at Taepyeong Salt Fields in Korea” – US Imposes Import Ban’:

https://barrierfreejapan.com/2025/04/08/disabled-people-forced-to-work-at-taipyeong-salt-fields-in-korea-us-imposes-import-ban/

Suspicion of Forced Labour of Intellectually Disabled People in Korea's Taepyeong Salt Fields Emerge

Portneuf District Library celebrates Easter with 10th anniversary Eggcessible Easter Egg Hunt and invites families of people with special needs. Cody Miller interviewed Amanda Bowden about this event.

Portneuf District Library celebrates 10th anniversary of Eggcessible Easter Egg Hunt

In the appeal trial of a lawsuit where a visually impaired couple residing in Isogo Ward, Yokohama City, is seeking damages from the prefectural police, alleging that police officers entered their home without permission, the prefectural police have newly asserted that "(even without sight) the movements of police officers can be understood by the sounds of their equipment.”

Episode Notes:

‘Yokohama Couple Files Damages Lawsuit: Police Officers Enter Visually Impaired Person’s Home Without Permission’:

https://barrierfreejapan.com/2025/04/09/yokohama-couple-files-damages-lawsuit-police-officers-enter-visually-impaired-persons-home-without-permission/

Yokohama Couple with Visual Impairments File Damages Lawsuit After Police Officers Enter Their Home Without Permission

Barrier Free Japan is now freed from hospital! After a stay during there the weekend after an ‘episode’ on Friday after work, he is out!

Apologies for the audio quality , but I thought it was still worth posting to reassure those who listen to the podcast or read the blog and sorry for the rather overly vague description of what happened. As I say in the podcast, it is not infectious or communicable, but outside of the West (and even in some countries in it) there is still some stigma towards it.

And of course Japanese hospital staff rock!

Barrier Free Japan Experiences ‘Clinical Omotenashi’

Interview with Shani a mother of 2 children with Autism, discussing audio sensitivity.

Audio package Student ID 268562

On April 15th, Musashino Higashi Gakuen, an educational corporation based in Tokyo renowned for its inclusive educational model, filed a lawsuit seeking 725.72 million yen in damages. The lawsuit names several defendants, including individuals affiliated with an association purporting to protect the school, parents and guardians of graduates from its advanced vocational school, along with a reporter from the ‘Weekly Bunshun.’

*Clarification: Musashino Higashi Gakuen is seeking at least 725.72 million yen as stated in the initial report in the podcast - not 750 million yen as mentioned in the editorial comment made in the second part of the podcast, although it is unclear whether the 33 million claimed specifically by the Chairman (with possible further damages claims to be made) are part of the initial 725.72 million yen defamation claim.

Episode notes:

‘Scandal-Hit ‘Inclusive’ Tokyo School Files Suit Against Parents Association and Reporter After Concerns Raised Over New Chairman’:

https://barrierfreejapan.com/2025/04/17/scandal-hit-inclusive-school-files-suit-against-parents-association-and-reporter-after-concerns-raised-over-new-chairman/

Scandal-Hit ‘Inclusive’ Tokyo School Files Suit Against Parents Association and Reporter After Concerns Raised Over New Chairman

Special Guest Thomas Martin, Executive Director of CalABLE joins us to discuss CalABLE accounts.

04-22-25 Raising Ryan w/ Thomas Martin - CalAble, Executive Director

MUCILAGINOUS
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE 
ERASURE RITUAL 

SCRIPT: 

[General delivery is warm, calm, comforting - a knowledgeable guide]
Welcome. Please, sit, take this tea.  We made it with herbs chosen just for you.  To your left is a plate of small delicacies and sweets.  Take your time. We have cleared the space. When you are ready, please put on these garments.   Take deep breaths. You ﬂoat on your back.  A barely perceptible plasma spreads itself across your skin. It is cool and clear like aloe.   Now,behind closed eyes, you see a colour wheel.  You land on colours that pull you in.  Yellow-orange, electric excitement. Your addled nervous system navigating a crowd.   Now dusty purple, ﬂat dread and the plodding throb of a tension headache.   Lime Green Coral pink Periwinkle blue  Emerald tendrils descend from the ceiling to envelop you. Your body lifts like a curtain.   Open your eyes.  [exultantly]   You are no longer known by your vitals.   All your data and diagrams have been erased.

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE  ERASURE RITUAL  (Irish Moss + Horsetail)

A new book by the counselor Yuko Kanda, that categorizes people suffering from conditions such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ADHD, depression, and trauma disorders as animals — and portrays them as “troublesome people in the workplace” — is drawing strong backlash for promoting discriminatory views. The book claims to be packed with “techniques for winning without fighting.”

Episode Notes:

‘ “ASD is a sloth, ADHD is a monkey, trauma disorder is a sheep” New Book by Japanese Counselor Classifying Neurodivergent People as Animals Sparks Controversy’:

https://barrierfreejapan.com/2025/04/19/asd-is-a-sloth-adhd-is-a-monkey-trauma-disorder-is-a-sheep-new-book-by-japanese-counselor-classifying-neurodivergent-people-as-animals-sparks-controversy/

“ASD is a sloth, ADHD is a monkey”: New Book by Japanese Counselor Classifying Autistic People as Animals Sparks Controversy

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Beatrice speaks with Dean Spade about holding together political coalitions, friendships, and organizing partnerships in the face of a culture of disposability and a world on fire.

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Publisher Mikasa Shobo released a press statement on April 18th addressing the criticisms of the book ‘Psychological Techniques to Skillfully Handle 'Difficult' People in the Workplace' by Yuko Kanda ahead of its publication on April 22nd.

Episode Notes: 

‘Ahead of Going On Sale Publisher of Controversial Book Depicting Neurodivergent People as Animals and as ‘Difficult’ Responds to Criticism’:

https://barrierfreejapan.com/2025/04/21/ahead-of-going-on-sale-publisher-of-controversial-book-depicting-neurodivergent-people-as-animals-and-as-difficult-responds-to-criticism/




Publisher of Controversial Book Depicting Neurodivergent People as Animals and ‘Difficult’ Responds to Criticism

In this episode of 'Where Am I?', we hit the cinemas to test out audio description devices! Lima and Jamal, both vision-impaired, share their experiences—do these devices make movies more accessible, or is streaming at home with AD the better option? We talk about what works, what doesn't, and how cinemas can improve.

Supported by the City of Sydney.

Where Am I? - Trip To The Cinema

In this episode of Where Am I?, we dive into accessibility at the Ian Thorpe Aquatic Centre in Ultimo! Lima and Jamal head to the public pool for a swim. How inclusive are these facilities for people with vision impairment? We explore the challenges, celebrate the wins, and talk about what could make a splash in the future.

Supported by the City of Sydney.

Where Am I? - Accessibility at the Public Pool

A group home for people with disabilities located in Uruma City has been found to be operating without meeting required standards and allegedly overcharging for service benefits. The prefectural government has announced that it will revoke the facility’s designation as a disability welfare service provider.

According to the prefecture, from the time the facility was designated as a disability welfare service provider in August two years ago until an audit conducted in November last year, the home had delegated operations to another organization, with the official manager failing to carry out oversight duties. Furthermore, it failed to create individualized support plans for users, among other violations of operational standards.

Episode Notes:

‘Okinawa Group Home for People with Disabilities Suspected of Overcharging without Meeting Standards has Designation Revoked’:

https://barrierfreejapan.com/2025/04/24/okinawa-group-home-for-people-with-disabilities-suspected-of-overcharging-without-meeting-standards-has-designation-revoked/


Okinawa Group Home for People with Disabilities Suspected of Overcharging without Meeting Standards has Designation Revoked

The BYU-Idaho Radio Podcast includes local news, interviews, and BYU-Idaho devotional addresses. Check out our other podcasts for more content: BYU-Idaho Radio Headlines, BYU-Idaho Radio's The Spot, and BYU-Idaho Disciple Journeys.

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The Amplify Her Podcast is all about amplifying and uplifting women's voices and stories. | Every week, host Christina Singh chats with inspiring women about their stories.

Hosted by Michael Gillan Peckitt, who resides in Kobe, Japan, the Disability News Japan Podcast is News website 'Barrier Free Japan's podcast, a weekly digest of some of the news about disability in Japan in audio form. New episodes will usually available every Friday at 6am Japan Time.

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