Imagination Training Program about Sheltering after Disasters for Disabilities and their Residential Communities based on Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR)

Case study of Kobe City

Abstract

The management of an evacuation center in a disaster requires better coordination among disabled people and other parties such as local communities, professional experts and public administrations. In view of such idea, a training program was implemented aiming at developing imagination skills in a disaster. The training brought about effects as follows:1)Raised awareness of disabled persons for social integration through taking roles of actors of various types such as participants and lecturers,2)Developed skills of local communities in communication with disabled persons,3)Encouraged participation of disabled persons particularly of a group having less social connections,4)Clarified sharing of responsibilities of each stakeholders,5)Encouraged proposals on universal designing for disaster evacuation centers utilizing personal experiences of disaster affected disabled people, and6)Provided disabled people of various types with opportunities of exchanging information and participating in social debates.