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hello, steve there is an article, "intercultural views of people with disabilities in Asia and africa" in "handbook of communication and people with disabilities," which may be interest of yours. in this chapter, i discussed the japanese culture and pwds using comm. theories as well as the japanese indigenous concept, "kegare" (could translated closely to "pollution" or "contamination" in english). good luck to you! %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%