November 2, 2010 AM : Tokyo Support Center for the Deafblind
Training Report 2010 - Leadership Development Course
The participants visited to the Tokyo Support Center for the Deafblind in Asakusabashi. The center provides various individual training programs to the deafblind members to become independent, such as communication training, daily living activity training and PC/electronic equipment training. The center also dispatches interpreters/guide helpers in order to support their social participation.
One of the members of the Board of Tokyo Friendship Society of the Deafblind, who is totally deafblind said, “My friend introduced me this center and I have learned different types of communication skills. I really appreciate interpreters/guide helpers because I would not be able to go out without their support.”
Another member of the Board who is also totally deafblind said, “I have started to use this center after I became totally deafblind and then I acquired communication skills of finger Braille and hand written character recognition, which has enabled me to communicate with others. I think that communication with others without hesitation is the most important thing in daily living. ”
Nine participants were taking an active part in the training program and earned a lot of things about deafblind and importance of the support center/organization. Now they know how the deafblind spends everyday life and how he/she communicates with others. At the end of the program, the participants could communicate with deafblind people very well.
