Extract from The Mainichi Shimbun’s Interview with Yasuhiko Funago, Diet Member with ALS

Yasuhiko Funago (67), a member of the House of Councillors of the Reiwa Shinsengumi, who has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and is severely disabled, attracted a great deal of attention when he was elected for the first time in 2019. About five and a half years have passed since then, and Funago says he feels that the reasonable accommodations being promoted in the Diet for people with disabilities are being mistakenly interpreted as "giving charity from above.” Episode Notes: ‘Member of Japan’s House of Councillors with ALS, Yasuhiko Funago Concerned that Reasonable Accommodations in the Diet Mistaken for “giving charity from above” ’: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2025/03/22/member-of-japans-house-of-councillors-with-als-yasuhiko-funago-concerned-that-reasonable-accommodations-in-the-diet-mistaken-for-giving-charity-from-above/