The Uncertain Home: Our Disabled Children After We Pass Away

彷徨う居場所~親亡き後 障がいのある我が子は~

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Parents with disabled children worry about who will watch over their dear children after they pass away.

Kunai Yasuo, living in Hiroshima City, is raising two disabled children. The older brother, Masahiro, has autism, and the younger brother, Yuki, has both autism and intellectual disabilities. However, the parents cannot support their son forever. When considering the parents’ inevitable death, what will happen to the two children? The family continues to live fearing their future.

Currently, Japan faces a nationwide shortage of facilities for people with severe disabilities. In Hiroshima Prefecture, there is a waiting list of people hoping to enter such facilities. It is a result of a national policy to shift people with disabilities from these facilities to community group residences, or their own home. The idea is to have them live independently in the community just like able people.

The death of a parent will inevitably come someday. When that happens, is there a place where you can safely leave your child? How will a society that is losing tolerance accept such families? In this program, we focus on the daily life of a family with disabled children.

障がいのある子どもを持つ親の悩み。それは「親である自分が亡くなった後、誰が大切な我が子を見守ってくれるのか」ということ。

広島市内に暮らす九内康夫さんは、2人の障がいのある子どもを育てている。兄の誠洋さんは自閉症、弟の勇輝さんは自閉症と知的障害を併せもっている。弟の勇輝さんは一日の大半、部屋の中を飛び跳ね、歩き回る。しかし、親がこの先もずっと息子を支えることはできない。将来必ず訪れる“親の死”を考えたとき、2人の子どもはどうなってしまうのか。家族の将来に不安を抱える生活が今日も続いている。

現在日本では、主に重度の障がい者が入所する施設が全国的に不足している。広島県では施設への入所を希望する待機者が列をなしている状況だ。ここには「障がい者の受け入れを“入所施設”から“地域のグループホームや自宅”へ移行し、健常者と同じように障がい者が地域で自立して暮らす」という国が進めている政策が関係している。

いつか必ず訪れる親の死。その時、安心して子どもを託せる場所はあるのか。寛容さをなくしつつある社会はこの家族をどう受け入れていくのか。障がいのある子どもを支える、家族の日々を見つめた。

English Version Produced by JAMCO ©TSS-TV CO., LTD.

English Version Produced by JAMCO ©TSS-TV CO., LTD.

Parents with disabled children worry about who will watch over their dear children after they pass away.

Kunai Yasuo, living in Hiroshima City, is raising two disabled children. The older brother, Masahiro, has autism, and the younger brother, Yuki, has both autism and intellectual disabilities. However, the parents cannot support their son forever. When considering the parents’ inevitable death, what will happen to the two children? The family continues to live fearing their future.

Currently, Japan faces a nationwide shortage of facilities for people with severe disabilities. In Hiroshima Prefecture, there is a waiting list of people hoping to enter such facilities. It is a result of a national policy to shift people with disabilities from these facilities to community group residences, or their own home. The idea is to have them live independently in the community just like able people.

The death of a parent will inevitably come someday. When that happens, is there a place where you can safely leave your child? How will a society that is losing tolerance accept such families? In this program, we focus on the daily life of a family with disabled children.

障がいのある子どもを持つ親の悩み。それは「親である自分が亡くなった後、誰が大切な我が子を見守ってくれるのか」ということ。

広島市内に暮らす九内康夫さんは、2人の障がいのある子どもを育てている。兄の誠洋さんは自閉症、弟の勇輝さんは自閉症と知的障害を併せもっている。弟の勇輝さんは一日の大半、部屋の中を飛び跳ね、歩き回る。しかし、親がこの先もずっと息子を支えることはできない。将来必ず訪れる“親の死”を考えたとき、2人の子どもはどうなってしまうのか。家族の将来に不安を抱える生活が今日も続いている。

現在日本では、主に重度の障がい者が入所する施設が全国的に不足している。広島県では施設への入所を希望する待機者が列をなしている状況だ。ここには「障がい者の受け入れを“入所施設”から“地域のグループホームや自宅”へ移行し、健常者と同じように障がい者が地域で自立して暮らす」という国が進めている政策が関係している。

いつか必ず訪れる親の死。その時、安心して子どもを託せる場所はあるのか。寛容さをなくしつつある社会はこの家族をどう受け入れていくのか。障がいのある子どもを支える、家族の日々を見つめた。

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2024/05 ~ 2024/05

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