“Mentally retardde persons,”however,are those who have mental retardation and who are provided for by Ministry of Welfare and Labor Ordinance.The concepts of “severely physically disabled persons” and “severely mentally retarded persons” have also been created. “Vocational rehabilitation” is defined as striving for self-support by the disabled in vocational life by adopting measures for vocational guidance, vocational training,job referral and other measures for the disabled prescribed in the law.
The basic principles of the Law for Employment Promotion, etc., of the Disabled are as follows.As members of the economy and society, disabled workers should be afforded an opportunity to utilize their abilities in vocational life. Workers who are disabled should strive to achieve self-support as capable workers by achieving an awareness of themselves as persons engaged in work and by personally striving to develop and improve their own abilities.All employers have a duty, with respect to the disabled, to cooperate in the efforts of disabled workers to achieve self-support as capable working persons, based on the principle of social solidarity, and must endeavor to properly appreciate the abilities of the disabled, to provide suitable work and conduct proper management of employment. Together with enlightening the people in general, including employers, on the employment of the disabled, the State and local public bodies must endeavor to promote comprehensively and effectively the measures necessary for promoting the employment of the disabled and their occupational stability, such as measures to aid employers, the disabled and others concerned, and measures for vocational rehabilitation with due consideration of the characteristics of the disabled.
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