Barrier Free

Social Inclusion Systems

Kondo Takeo Laboratory
MaterialEnvironment and Energy

Professor

Inclusive educational environments and transition support

Takeo KONDO

With regard to inclusive education, we aim to develop human resources with disabilities
who can play an active role in society through practice (e.g. DO-IT Japan) andresearch on supporting the transition of students with disabilities to university andcareer and the use of assistive technology. Activities are carried out throughout theyear under themes such as self-advocacy, independence and self-determination, with afocus on the use of assistive technology. We are building a center of research andpractice on inclusive education systems, including collaboration with students withdisabilities and the use of ICT through industry-academic and international cooperation.

Inclusive education andemployment, assistivetechnology

Research Area

Chemical Biomedicine

Kiriko TAKAHASHI
Research Area

Guaranteeing accessibility of learning materials and books

LD, AT, Disability, UDL,STEM

Project Professor

Barrier Free

Makoto YUASA

Project Assistant Professor

Ayumi MATSUKIYO

Social Science

We develop “Onsei-Kyozai” , which are accessible digital textbooks that can be usedby students with visual impairment, learning disabilities or other difficulties in reading
printed materials, and that can be used with tablet devices) and distribute them online
throughout the country. In addition, in collaboration with elementary/secondary schools,
we conduct research for the development of systems and teaching methods for thesmooth delivery of Onsei-Kyozai. We are also carrying out practical research to support
the smooth implementation of organizations that produce Onsei-Kyozai/enlarged
textbooks/Braille textbooks by developing new systems and delivery infrastructures thatenable the rapid production and provision of intermediate data for accessible textbooks.

Information

Project Associate
Professor

ColumnIn school and work environments, there are

We are working to build regional systems that create flexible working styles so thatpeople with a variety of disabilities and illnesses can play an active role in theemployment field. We are developing ultra-short-time employment models that enablepeople to work in regular workplace roles for as little as 15 minutes or one hour per week,
and we are conducting research on improving workplace productivity and realizing andimplementing inclusive working styles for diverse people in local communities incollaboration with local authorities and business groups across the country.

participation of people with disabilities or otherLaboratory forInterdiciplinary Activities

Building regional systems that create inclusive work styles

various social barriers that prevent thebackgrounds. For humans, the desire to learn
and the desire to work are very natural feelings.

Cooperative Laboratories

Of course, learning and working should berespected as individual rights, and no one should
be forced to conform to these desires.
However, I believe that a society where people
can naturally choose to learn what they want,where they want, when they want to learn, andSocial Cooperation
Research Departments

the same for work, represents a cultural pinnacleof human society. When considering theinclusion of people who have been left behindfrom learning and working opportunities, I place
great importance on the perspective of how weCorporate SponsoredResearch Programs

perceive "disability" and the use of technologies
that enable inclusion. I continually think about
1 The group photo of DO-IT Japan students

2 Infrastructure of accessible educational materials

and practice what an inclusive society looks like,valuing these perspectives and approaches.

Research Organization

https://sis.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp
kondo@bfp.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp
kiriko@at.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp

3 Regional system model for ultra-short-time work

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