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The Japanese system of care for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities does provide a reasonable degree of care, but there are certain problems with the system. For example, the area of medical care needs improvement as it only provides a minimum level of care and there is a need to change legislature so that the government funding system is updated to take into account the longer lifespan and provide a suitable level of care. Only when these areas have been improved can we say that a proper system is in place to care for these individuals.
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Suemitsu S. Persons with intellectual and multiple disabilities in Japan. J Policy Pract Intellect Disabil. 2009;6(2):81–2.
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Suemitsu, S., Uehara, S. (2016). Organization of Services and Life-Long Health Care: Japan. In: Rubin, I.L., Merrick, J., Greydanus, D.E., Patel, D.R. (eds) Health Care for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities across the Lifespan. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18096-0_43
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