我が国における盲ろう者の就労に関する現状と展望 : 国内外における就労事例からの検討

Present Situation and Perspectives Regarding Employment of People with Deafblindness in Japan: From working cases in Japan and overseas

Kawahara Asako

Hayashida Masashi

広島大学大学院人間社会科学研究科紀要. 教育学研究

Bulletin of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University. Studies in education

[ISSN] 2436-0333

[NCID] AA12909086

Deafblindness is a multiple disability that combines hearing and visual impairment. People who are deafblind face many sorts of difficulties related to communication, orientation and mobility, and accessing information. These challenges affect social participation of deafblind persons. This study focuses on employment as one of the issues faced by people with deafblindness and overviews the cases of working deafblind persons. In Japan, only 99 out of 676 working age people with deafblindness, who joined the survey, worked in the open labor market in 2012. Several studies have highlighted cases of deafblind people working as permanent staff : people with deafblindness continue to work, supported by their own efforts and sufficient accommodation by employers. On the other hand, there are cases where people with deafblindness had to quit their jobs because of a lack of understanding and accommodation. The situation is similar in western countries. However, in the UK, the program, Access to Work, encourages employers to employ people with deafblindness. In the U.S. too, a person with deafblindness utilized the recruitment program for students with disabilities in order to obtain a job. In conclusion, the necessity of (1) setting concrete examples that people with deafblindness are employed, (2) enhancing support for employers, and (3) providing opportunities to acquire skills and knowledge to work at early stage for people with deafblindness were suggested.

people with deafblindess

employment

reasonable accommodation

transition support

盲ろう者

就労

合理的配慮

移行支援

jpn

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[ISSN] 2436-0333

[NCID] AA12909086