知的障がい者の外出環境におけるA市の現状と課題 : 相互作用を中心に

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This paper reports on the state of out home environments for mentally disabled persons living in a city. I report the results of a questionnaire survey and discuss problems from the point of interactions between environment and other related factors. The aims of the study are to find suppressive factors preventing mentally disabled persons from going out of home and to improve their out of home experiences by addressing these factors. 65 mentally impaired individuals were given an interview. Results show the main factors obstructing these persons were a shortage of public transportation, difficulties in getting a drivers license, a luck of full-time employment, inadequate information about support services and few opportunities to meet with friends. Based on our findings the following areas were identified for improvement: (1) development of full-time employment for mentally disabled persons, (2) promotion of peer-support activities, (3) development more effective service information systems for mentally disabled persons, (4) on-going needs assessment for these persons.