The Kyoto Student Exchange Division of the Consortium of Universities held a study session titled "Facility Support for Students with Disabilities ~Considering Accessibility~" with the aim of providing a place for facility managers at each school to exchange opinions, focusing on "Facility Support for Students with Disabilities."
At the outset, Mr. Jun Murata (Associate Professor, Kyoto University Student Support Center, Chief Coordinator of the Support Room for Students with Disabilities) and Mr. Satoshi Yoshida (Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University) gave lectures on laws and systems of support for students with disabilities, and sharing case studies on facilities in Japan and overseas. After that, the participants were divided into groups and exchanged opinions on not only legal compliance, but also "accessibility," "facilities that are easy for students with disabilities to use," and "prior improvement measures and reasonable accommodations when constructing or renovating facilities."
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Schedule |
Friday, March 2, 2018, 13:00~17:00 (~18:00 Information Exchange Meeting) |
| Venue | Campus Plaza Kyoto (5F Joint Laboratory 1) |
| Organizer | University Consortium Kyoto |
| Remarks | Free, first-come, first-served registration system (capacity 15 people, 15 participants) |
Schedule of the day
| Time | Contents |
| 14:30 | Topic provision (lecture) (1) "Considering support at universities based on the Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities" ≪Lecturer≫ Jun Murata (Associate Professor, Student Support Center, Kyoto University, Chief Coordinator, Support Office for Students with Disabilities) * Click here for the materials of Mr. Murata's lecture (2) "Legal Compliance and Accessibility for Students with Disabilities" ≪Lecturer≫ Satoshi Yoshida (Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University) *Click here for Mr. Yoshida's lecture materials |
| 15:30 | "Exchange of opinions on new construction and renovation of facilities (group discussion)" ≪Guest ≫ Hidetsugu Yamamoto (President, iCollaboration, NPO Wheelchair User) Chika Sekine (Visiting Professor, Social Innovation Course, Graduate School of Policy Management, Faculty of Policy Management, Doshisha University) |
| 16:30 | Sharing the results of the exchange of opinions and question-and-answer session |
| 16:50 | Summary |
| 17:00 | After closing, exchange party (~18:00) |
Actual
Number of participants in the round-table discussion: 15
in total (1) Member universities and junior colleges: 13 in total
(2) Non-member universities and junior colleges: 2 people in total
Summary
Information sharing after information exchange in each group 
This time, we held a study session titled "Facility Support in Support for Students with Disabilities ~Considering Accessibility~" in which the main participants were university facility managers, not those in charge of supporting students with disabilities. The capacity of 15 people was filled, and there were participants from large universities, small universities, art universities, and other prefectures, and wheelchair users Hidetsugu Yamamoto (President of iCollaboration) and Chika Sekine (Visiting Professor, Social Innovation Course, Graduate School of Policy Management, Faculty of Policy Management, Doshisha University) also participated as guests.
After the topics were presented, group discussions were held, including sharing case studies from each school. From the perspective of the person in charge of supporting students with disabilities, there were opportunities to share case studies and experiences at the Kansai Conference of Support for Students with Disabilities (KSSK), but there have been no opportunities for facility staff to gather from the perspective of "support for students with disabilities," and participants actively exchanged opinions, such as questions they had always felt and reconfirmation of their school's initiatives.
At the information exchange meeting that followed, they talked about the challenges and future of each university.
The University Consortium Kyoto plans to continue to develop initiatives to support students with disabilities from various perspectives.
