Researcher's Profile

　　　　　　　

August 2000	MA in Learning Disabilities, Northwestern University
August 2000	Learning Specialist, Sacred Heart Schools
November 2004	Disability Specialist, Services for Students with Disabilities, Northwestern University
February 2008	Junior Specialist, Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa
October 2009	Assistant Specialist, Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa
December 2015	Ph.D. in Education, Department of Special Education, University of Hawaii at Manoa
August 2017	Associate Specialist, Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa
January 2018	Project Associate Professor, RCAST, The University of Tokyo

　

Disability is diversity. Challenges faced by people with disabilities are often due to social and attitudinal barriers. In order to change people’s attitudes towards disability and to create a more inclusive society, there is a need to provide opportunities for postsecondary education and employment regardless of disability or not. To that end, we need to create an accessible environment through the promotion of reasonable accommodation, universal design for learning, and utilization of various technologies. Our goal is to move towards an inclusive society by conducting training and disseminating information to support people with disabilities based on evidence based research.