FYI.
Frank HB
DPIAPRO wrote:
> Dear friends,
> Please find the below message in relation between the 6th World Assembly
> and accessibility movement in Suppori, Japan.
> Topong
>
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> Information: DPI World Assembly in Sapporo, Japan in 2002
>
> -------Satoru Misawa, Secretary-general DPI-Japan
>
> One year has passed since DPI World Council decided to hold the 6th
> World Assembly in Japan. Up to now, we have succeeded in improving
> physical accessibility in Sapporo where the WA will be held.
> Sapporo-city Government decides to make hotels and municipal
> transportation more accessible up to 2002. Of course, it requires a lot
> of costs to improve accessibility in such a large area, but the
> government begins to recognize physical accessibility as a human right.
> It is a voice of PWDs that changes the attitude of government officials.
>
> At national level, the "Barrier-free Transportation Act" will be passed
> in this Diet session. There are many defects in this act indeed, but we
> are very pleased that our struggle for physical accessibility for over
> 12 years results in legislation. We would like to continue to raise
> need-oriented voice of our own.
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