When my family first started living in London,
we were all surprised by the number of disabled in the city.
Much more disabled people were walking around, shopping and having good time with their families in the city than in Japan.
We attributed the reason of this experience to the higher birthrate of disabled in England.
But that's not the case.
The birthrate of babies who have congenital abnormalities are not so different between races.
So then why?
Now I have understood the background.
In Japan, families which have a disabled member are very pessimistic about their future.
And they are too couscious about what their neighbors are thinking.
Japanese are too afraid of being different from their neighboring majorities.
They do not like go out with the disabled in public place.
The reason of seeming less number of disabled in Japan is just this : they do not appear in public place.
Actually, one of my relatives have congenital abnoemalities. I have analyzed this social problem from my close observation.
In England and most of the Western countries,
people do not think in Japanese way.
They take it for granted that each individuals naturally be differnt,
so they can think wheather being a disabled or being a "normal" is just a matter of extent.
Of course, the disabled in England may live a hard life to achieve normal quality of life and may get pessimistic about their future. But not to the extent of the Japanese.
I experienced English culture and Japanese culture, so I can analyse the difference between the two cultures.
we were all surprised by the number of disabled in the city.
Much more disabled people were walking around, shopping and having good time with their families in the city than in Japan.
We attributed the reason of this experience to the higher birthrate of disabled in England.
But that's not the case.
The birthrate of babies who have congenital abnormalities are not so different between races.
So then why?
Now I have understood the background.
In Japan, families which have a disabled member are very pessimistic about their future.
And they are too couscious about what their neighbors are thinking.
Japanese are too afraid of being different from their neighboring majorities.
They do not like go out with the disabled in public place.
The reason of seeming less number of disabled in Japan is just this : they do not appear in public place.
Actually, one of my relatives have congenital abnoemalities. I have analyzed this social problem from my close observation.
In England and most of the Western countries,
people do not think in Japanese way.
They take it for granted that each individuals naturally be differnt,
so they can think wheather being a disabled or being a "normal" is just a matter of extent.
Of course, the disabled in England may live a hard life to achieve normal quality of life and may get pessimistic about their future. But not to the extent of the Japanese.
I experienced English culture and Japanese culture, so I can analyse the difference between the two cultures.