5th International Disability Inclusion Symposium

Tokyo, Japan

Our 5th IDIS is by invitation only for planning committee members and partners and will be held online on Sunday, December 3, 2023 to coincide with International Day of Persons with Disabilities. IDIS in Higher Education and Career is a symposium to bring together ASEAN countries and Pacific Region countries to share knowledge and progress towards disability inclusion. Our next publicly open symposium will be summer 2024.

IDIS 2023 Program

About Symposium

IDIS on Higher Education and Career is a symposium to bring together ASEAN countries and Pacific Region countries to share knowledge and progress towards disability inclusion. It is the first of its kind in this region to focus on higher education and career issues for individuals with disabilities. The symposium has been a collaboration of Platform of Higher Education and Disability project at RCAST, The University of Tokyo, AUN-DPPNet at University of Malaya and the Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawaii at Mānoa.

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Symposium Schedule

18 Feb., 2023

10 : 00 AM - 10 : 10 AM

Welcome

Opening and Welcome Speeches

Presenters Takeo Kondo & Yahaya Ahmad

10 : 10 AM - 10 : 50 AM

Day 1 Keynote Speaker ASEAN

"Opportunities to Work of Persons with Disabilities in Thailand"

Presenter Issavara Sirirungruang

11 : 00 AM - 11 : 40 AM

Day 1 Keynote Speaker JAPAN

"Short time work: An employment system with “ultra” short working hours for people with disabilities"

Presenter Tomomi Yokomizo

11 : 40 AM - 12 : 25PM

Lunch Break

Lunch Break. During lunch break, there is AT library showcase online. Session resumes at 12:25 PM.

12 : 25 PM - 13 : 25 PM

Country Talk #1

Country Talk #1 Accessibility auditing in Cambodia and Bhutan; Essential components in school-to-work transition in Singapore; Employment and Disability (Myanmar)

Presenters Erico Abordo, Delina Swee & Mynt Naing Kyaw

13 : 35 PM - 14 : 20 PM

Country Talk #2

Country Talk #2 Support in higher education in Taiwan and Online learning as reasonable accommodation in Japan.

Presenters Yi-An Yu & Takanori Waki

14 : 25 PM - 14 : 30 PM

Day 1 Closing Discussion

Key topics will be summarized and shared

Presenter Takeo Kondo and Kiriko Takahashi

19 Feb., 2023

8 : 50 AM - 9: 00 AM

Day 2 Welcome

Presenter Masakazu Sugiyama

9 : 00 AM - 9 : 40 AM

Day 2 Keynote Speaker

"Role of Office of Vocational Rehabilitation in supporting students and persons wtih disabilities"

Presenter Arlene Yamagata

9 : 50 AM - 11: 05 AM

Student Showcase #1

"Engaging Japanese and American youth in digital storytelling and disability advocacy: Shared stories and reflections"

Presenters Multiple (Heike Boeltzig-Brown, Saori Kusumoto, Allison Myers, Rani Sanderson, Rachel Clarke, Taylor Carley, Kiina Wakiyama, Dan Ito, Deidra Denson, Louis (Lou) Paniccioli, Yui Higashikawa)

11 : 15 AM - 11 : 40AM

Employer Program: ASEAN perspective

"“Bursting through the barricades: Tranmuting towards multiple-helix collaborative approaches of employment inclusion policy for talented individuals with disabilities"

Presenter Sayed Mawismi Sayed Mohamad Mustar

11 : 40 AM - 12 : 25PM