A study on the actual conditions of people with intellectual disabilities in the hikikomori group

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23730540
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Research Field	Social welfare and social work studies
Research Institution	Seitoku University
Principal Investigator	TAKANO satoko 聖徳大学, 児童学部, 講師 (00455015)
Project Period (FY)	2011-04-28 – 2015-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
Budget Amount *help	¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Keywords	知的障害 / ひきこもり / 障害者福祉 / 社会福祉 / 特別支援
Outline of Final Research Achievements	The purpose of this study was to clarify the actual conditions of people with intellectual disabilities who are “Hikikomori”. In 2001, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare defined “Hikikomori” as a phenomenon in which a person is at home for more than six months. In Japanese, the name for this group was “Hikikomori”, but the numbers of intellectually disabled persons who were in the “Hikikomori” group and who supported them, had been unknown. Therefore this study was carried out questionnaire surveys, interview surveys and literature reviews. The results of this questionnaire surveys were: (1) That 12.9% of people with disabilities didn't go for support, but stayed at home. It can therefore classify this group as “Hikikomori”. (2) The staff at welfare centers continued to support over the telephone people in the group. Further work is needed to build the support model for people with intellectual disabilities　in the “Hikikomori” group.