Children with developmental disabilities suffered from great east Japan earthquake and required support for them hereafter

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24653300
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Special needs education
• Research Institution: National Institute of Special Needs Education
• Principal Investigator: ATSUMI Yoshikata 独立行政法人国立特別支援教育総合研究所, 教育情報部, 上席総括研究員 (90143552)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): SASAMORI Hiroki 独立行政法人国立特別支援教育総合研究所, 企画部, 総括研究員 (40419940)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): UMEDA Mari 独立行政法人国立特別支援教育総合研究所, 教育情報部, 総括研究員 (50529138)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 東日本大震災 / 発達障害児 / 防災教育 / 福祉避難所 / PTSD / 心理学的ケア

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Children with developmental disabilities (CDD) and their parents were suffered greater damages from great east Japan earthquake than children with typical development and their parents. CDDs often could not experience disaster drills before earthquake, because they often could not understand the meanings of them properly. When CDDs were caught in tsunami, they had large difficulties to escape or died because of their weakness in prehension and estimate of risk, especially if they could not contact with their parents.
Most of CDDs and their parents had to be out of refuges because CDDs often were profoundly afraid to and could not accommodate themselves to other persons in refuges. The most of CCDs and their parents had difficulties to get foods and other relief goods because these goods primarily carried to refuges. Some of CDDs were suffered from PTSD, and most of them were ill for long time.

Free Research Field

人文学