Report: AY 2023 FD/SD Seminar on supporting students with disabilities (February 19, 2023)

At the Center for Teaching and Learning, we hold an FD/SD Seminar on supporting students with disabilities each year with the Personnel Division. This academic year, We invited Associate Professor Jun Murata from Kyoto University, at Agency for Student Support and Disability Resources, Chief Coordinator, DRC (Disability Resource Center), Director, HEAP (Higher Education Accessibility Platform) to give a lecture. About 70 faculty and staff members participated in the seminar.

The revised Law for the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities will come into effect in April 2024 in Japan. The provision of reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities will become a legal obligation for private businesses, including private universities, instead of an obligation to make efforts to do so. This seminar was a valuable and informative opportunity to share common understandings of the positioning of reasonable accommodation and what to be aware of when making a consensus to provide reasonable accommodations.

[Theme] “Revisiting the Question, ‘What is Reasonable Accommodations?’: Towards the Implementation of the revised Act for Eliminating Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities in April 2024.”

[Date and Time] February 19, 2024, 12:45–13:45

[Lecturer] Jun MURATA(Associate Professor, Agency for Student Support and Disability Resources, Kyoto University)

[Format] Public Viewing at International Conference Room in Dialog House／Online (Zoom)

[Participants] 71 faculty and staff members