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At Nagoya Castle Debate Wheelchair User Told “Don’t confuse equality with your selfishness”
Disability News Japan
English - December 29, 2023 21:00 - 5 minutes - 9.36 MBNews Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
After more than 400 years, the iconic Nagoya Castle is under siege, this time by those wanting to make it more accessible to wheelchair-users and those who are determined to keep it as original as possible.
At a town hall meeting on the planned reconstruction of the castle here on June 3, a man scolded a wheelchair-user.
“Don’t confuse equality with your selfishness,” the man said. “How dare you be so selfish.”
The harsh remarks were hurled by a participant of the debate toward a 70-year-old man with a disability, who called for the installation of an elevator in the city’s iconic castle.
Episode Notes: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2023/12/29/disabled-people-seeking-an-accessible-nagoya-castle-to-be-enjoyed-by-all-called-selfish-as-history-vs-accessibility-debate-continues/