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https://hdl.handle.net/2115/94298

Disability Student Support and the Provision of Reasonable Accommodation at Universities in Various Countries : From interviews with related staff in some universities

日本語

university

2025-03

Hokkaido University, Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education, International Education and Research Division

Journal of Japanese language and international education studies

28

1-37

The aim of this feature articles is to clarify how the provisionof reasonable accommodation, which has been made compulsoryfor all business owners in Japan since April 2024, is understood andimplemented at universities in the UK, Canada, Australia and SouthKorea, based mainly on interviews with those involved in providingsupport on a day-to-day basis. In the Western countries of the UK,Canada and Australia, proactive support is provided based on the‘social model’ of disability, whereas in South Korea, where the‘medical model’ still has a strong influence, a support system is inplace that clearly distinguishes between disability and other mentalillnesses. In addition, while the need for consideration and support forstudents with disabilities and special characteristics is widely sharedin all countries, there were differences in what is considered to be‘reasonable’ depending on the social background and circumstancesof each country. In recent years, the number of students withdisabilities that are not easily apparent from appearances, such asmental illness or developmental or learning disabilitie, has beenincreasing rapidly. In universities, there is a need to share the idealssuch as inclusive education and universal design for learning, butthere is also a need for further consideration of how to guarantee fairand equitable learning opportunities for individual students, as well ashow to guarantee the quality of educational standards.

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