From Welfare to Rights: Disability Law and Activism in Japan

Yasuhiro “Mark” Yamazaki, wheelchair manufacturer and champion Paralympic swimmer, tells this story, which began during his high school exchange year in the United States when a fall out of a window left him suddenly paralyzed.¹ In his home country of Japan, he says, such an accident would have mean...

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1. Verfasser:	Heyer, Katharina C
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Sprache:	eng
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Zusammenfassung:	Yasuhiro “Mark” Yamazaki, wheelchair manufacturer and champion Paralympic swimmer, tells this story, which began during his high school exchange year in the United States when a fall out of a window left him suddenly paralyzed.¹ In his home country of Japan, he says, such an accident would have meant a three-to seven-year hospital stay, but in the United States he was out and about in just four months. “Will I be able to swim again?” was one of his first questions for his rehabilitation counselor. “Of course” was the answer, and he threw himself into his rehabilitation to relearn how