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Parents with disabled children worry about who will watch over their dear children after they pass away.
Kunai Yasuo, living in Hiroshima City, is raising two disabled children. The older brother, Masahiro, has autism, and the younger brother, Yuki, has both autism and intellectual disabilities. However, the parents cannot support their son forever. When considering the parents’ inevitable death, what will happen to the two children? The family continues to live fearing their future.
Currently, Japan faces a nationwide shortage of facilities for people with severe disabilities. In Hiroshima Prefecture, there is a waiting list of people hoping to enter such facilities. It is a result of a national policy to shift people with disabilities from these facilities to community group residences, or their own home. The idea is to have them live independently in the community just like able people.
The death of a parent will inevitably come someday. When that happens, is there a place where you can safely leave your child? How will a society that is losing tolerance accept such families? In this program, we focus on the daily life of a family with disabled children.
Parents with disabled children worry about who will watch over their dear children after they pass away.
Kunai Yasuo, living in Hiroshima City, is raising two disabled children. The older brother, Masahiro, has autism, and the younger brother, Yuki, has both autism and intellectual disabilities. However, the parents cannot support their son forever. When considering the parents’ inevitable death, what will happen to the two children? The family continues to live fearing their future.
Currently, Japan faces a nationwide shortage of facilities for people with severe disabilities. In Hiroshima Prefecture, there is a waiting list of people hoping to enter such facilities. It is a result of a national policy to shift people with disabilities from these facilities to community group residences, or their own home. The idea is to have them live independently in the community just like able people.
The death of a parent will inevitably come someday. When that happens, is there a place where you can safely leave your child? How will a society that is losing tolerance accept such families? In this program, we focus on the daily life of a family with disabled children.
Hiroshima is where the world’s first atomic bomb was dropped. Peace Park in the center of the city has the A-Bomb Dome, the A-Bomb Museum, the Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims, and more. All of these tell the reality of the atomic bombing. What kind of people come to this place of prayer? We loo...
The Nihon Hidankyo (the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations), a hibakusha organization, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2024. For generations, the hibakusha survivors have had a huge impact on the world, conveying not just their experiences of the atomic bombing, but al...
The giant salamander is a protected species of the nation and lives mainly in the Chugoku region. In April, 2022, it became a hot topic when one was discovered in the river right by the Atomic Bomb Dome, located only 4.5 kilometers from the mouth of the river. Why did the giant salamander, known as ...