The Barrier Free Japan Podcast April 19th - April 28th Digest Edition

As Golden Week approaches with Showa Day on April 29th, ‘Barrier Free Japan’ & ‘Disability News Japan’ has been busy! Here is a digest of recent news stories about disability issues in Japan. *Apologies for the background noise, it is why Disability News Japan sometimes engages ‘AI mode’. ‘Digitalized Osaka Expo Troubling Elderly Visitors’ (April 19): https://barrierfreejapan.com/2025/04/20/__trashed-7/ ‘Nippon Foundation Estimates 360,000 Young People in Japan have been Diagnosed with Developmental Disorders’ (April 24): https://barrierfreejapan.com/2025/04/26/nippon-foundation-estimates-360000-young-people-in-japan-have-been-diagnosed-with-developmental-disorders/ ‘Amidst Controversy Over Book Depicting Neurodivergent People as Animals, Publisher Changes Author’s Credentials’: (April 27): https://barrierfreejapan.com/2025/04/27/amidst-controversy-over-book-depicting-neurodivergent-people-as-animals-publisher-changes-authors-credentials/