Yokohama Research Institute for Disability
(Yokohama Kiso Kenkyusho)
Our institute(former matsuishi laboratory in Yokohama National University)
is established in social welfare corporation Kurumi-Kai in Yokohama City and aims at medical, sociological and educational research
of developmental disabilities-mental retardation, autistic disorders, physical
developmental disorders etc- in establishing close relationship with medical
school of Yokohama City University, the department of social welfare and
the department of education of Yokohama City and Kanagawa Prefecture, using
various research and clinical establishments-for example, Yokohama City
Rehabilitation Center, Kanagawa Rehabilitation and Education Center, and
public or private institutions for disabled. Staff and collaborator of
our laboratory consist of the professor emeritus of Faculty of Education
and Human Sciences of Yokohama National University, medical school of Yokohama
City University, japanese and foreign students of doctor or master course,
with collaboration of medical doctors in many hospitals, teachers particularly
of special education and social caseworkers for disabled in Yokohama City.
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