Chapter IV.Building the Foundations for Daily Life (health, medical care and welfare necessary to ensure a high quality of life for persons with disabilities)
Section 3.Welfare Measures to Support Daily Life
Chapter IV.Building the Foundations for Daily Life (health, medical care and welfare necessary to ensure a high quality of life for persons with disabilities)
Section 3.Welfare Measures to Support Daily Life
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Home helpers are dispatched to assist persons with disabilities in living independently within their communities. Persons with disabilities also have access to short-stay services, group homes, and day care services.
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Facilities for persons with disabilities are enhanced in accordance with improvement plans designed by prefectures and designated cities.
(Principal measures implemented)
- In order to enable persons with physical disabilities to use public facilities or public transport to be accompanied by animals - guide dogs, service dogs, and hearing dogs - that assist persons with disabilities in their daily lives, the Law of the Assistance Dog of Persons with Physical Disability went into effect in October 2002.
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