Define Nomality

Should We Define Normality?

How effectively do communities care for people with special physical and/or intellectual and/or social needs? In your response to the question, refer to at least 2 cultures.

Throughout the world disability has appeared to develop into one of the most central issues with an approximation of six hundred and fifty million people having it. Disability is a condition or function judged to be significantly impaired or distorted relative to the usual standard or spectrum of an individual of their group. A difficulty that some governments have faced is the lack of care and needs for the people with special needs like Australia with not adequate time and money being committed. Contrary to this some cultures around the globe like Japan have minded enough to eliminating this crisis. The 4 corners documentary, “In My Shoes”, investigates the various concerns of special needs care in Australia and the imperfect support the government provides. Since the care for people with disabilities and special needs have become an issue of the Australian government and preponderance of other countries, they can learn the more effective customs of the care given to the special needs like Japan.

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In Japan, the government has imposed laws to assist the disabled to have opportunities like work in the standard society. To support these laws Japanese employment law requires that businesses hire a certain percentage of employees with disabilities. For the benefit for the workers and the special needs, companies have chosen to hire these workers but have decided to segregate employees with disabilities from the general work force as they would not be disrupted. At Tsubasa Kobo, a subcontract company of Nikon, workers with disabilities work in a separate environment where they are all capable of there work. Nikon managers explained that the employment of special needs was response to a 1998 rise in the percentage of people with disabilities companies are required to employ. In response to questions regarding opportunities for these workers to work alongside their non-disabled peers, managers explained that the environment would be better for the both. Also the disabled are given equal opportunities during there work. In another company also following the employment law, a very different vision for people with disabilities has been illustrated. At the major corporation “Canon,” managers promote integration and actively recruit qualified people with disabilities for professional positions. It is evident that the absence of a national non-discrimination law makes possible very different employment outcomes for people with disabilities, depending on the discretion of the employer.

Also commitments and efforts have been made in Japan governments to include children with disabilities into regular schools. To this many qualified workers have been hired to help assist the disabled kids. This has become very effective to the parents of the special needs as they can chose to send their child to a regular school or a special, segregated school. The Australian community has not put in a sufficient amount of effort to the same as Japan for education and parents often have to provide their kids with qualified workers to help their sons. Furthermore, the Japanese government has been successful by releasing policies dedicating to creating an increase in carers respite, establishing a system with 24 hour emergency care as well as 24 hour caring centers that have the capability to look after many different disabled people at one time. All of these facilities are far greater than anything that Australia has to offer and Japan should be an excellent role model for many cultures around the world.

With the diverse types of care policies of the special needs the Japanese government has been highly successful. If this was the case in Australia, results like in the documentary”In my shoes,” would not be such an issue. At present, Japan’s way of dealing with the care and needs of the disabled have been much more sufficient rather than the effectiveness of Australia’s methods of dealing with special needs. It is in the Australian Governments hands to help the special needs by introducing more policies and providing capable carers, also covering costs Australian families have to suffer due to the lack of effort done by the government. In addition more centres should be opened to the family carers to help with their respite time helping the families economically as well as psychologically.

It has become evident that Australia has not supported the special needs enough with the majority of the world. Even so, few countries like Japan has put in a effort from the little things like the “Heart Law,” to help the disabled peoples families cope with every day life. Australia should put in more effort to help the families struggling with many examples demonstrating that the government wither puts in a little or no effort to maintaining families of the special needs economically while it has been illustrated by the Japanese that they do provide programs targeted to the special needs are. It has become extremely clear that it is imperative and a necessity for the Australian Community to improve and replicate the Japanese system of the welfare and care of the special needs and their families.