Michey Peckitt マイケル

@Peckitt

Philosophy PhD via Hull Uni. Runs the news blog ‘Barrier Free Japan’ about disability in Japan. Email: micheypeckitt@gmail.com Mastodon: @Michey@mindly.social

Nada-Ku, Kobe, Japan barrierfreejapan.com Joined January 2009

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Michey Peckitt マイケル @Peckitt Jul 26

Sagamihara survivor shows what inclusion can look like japantimes.co.jp/commentary/202… by @Peckitt via @japantimes

www.japantimes.co.jp Sagamihara survivor shows what inclusion can look like Kazuya Ono’s story offers not only hope for what that future might look like, but a concrete example of success.

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Pork cutlet sandwich on campus Wednesday again!

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My podcast seems to have got a lot more listens recently. Whomever has been clicking, I thank you.

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Indeed, and yet it is often the first thing a random stranger will say to me.

Gregory Mansfield @GHMansfield 1d

“What’s wrong with you?” is not an appropriate greeting or pleasantry when you meet a disabled person.
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1st Disaster-Related Death Recognized over Kumamoto Quake

barrierfreejapan.com/2026/11/10/1st… via @JapanBarrier

barrierfreejapan.com 1st Disaster-Related Death Recognized over Kumamoto Quake The city government of Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, on Monday certified a woman who died following a major earthquake that struck the southwestern Japan prefecture in July as a disaster-related…