Abstract
The purpose of this study is to unveil thoughts of the people with mental disability that support motive for work activities, and, for our part, to give them necessary suggestions to support them at work. We have observed and conducted an interview on their thoughts that support motive for work activities at their community workshops, and then analyzed the collected data from the view point of the quality of work activities. As a result, we have gained five different categories. Among others, all the interviewees replied that they had considered the work activities as a means of improving their situation to get away from their present state. In addition, they have acquired the ways to live with happiness by gaining hobbies and pleasure from work activities, which give them tension and duty to maintain their life. Through their work activities, they have felt success, gained confidence and pride, wanted to regain the connection with the person, expectation for change of oneself, and felt that they were accepted by the society. Thus, they were able to control their anxiety caused by shaky identity having realized that they were helpful to the society and were supported by the people around them. Those statements were connected with the motives of work. Over all, from our research, we have found out that it is necessary for us to provide them with the experience to strengthen their identity and encourage the attitude to challenge themselves through work activities.
