JDS News, February 2014 issue contents
| ◆ | New Year’s Greetings: “The new year would not be the same as before” < Kunio Tamai, Chief Director of JDS> |
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| ◆ | JDS Secretariat has moved to a new office in Otsuka, Tokyo. |
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| ◆ | Events related to the World Down Syndrome Day in March | |
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| □ | Dinner party for JDS members | |
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| □ | “Step Forward Together” a commemorative event in Tokyo |
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| □ | “Shifting Perspectives” a photograph exhibition from England |
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| □ | Awareness raising poster on Down Syndrome is now out! |
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| □ | Let’s wear “Step Forward Together” T-shirt at the WDSD events |
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| □ | Donation would be appreciated for WDSD related events |
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| □ | Other events to be held all over Japan |
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| ◆ | [Books] A society that selects lives ~prenatal testing today~ by Ritsuko Sakai |
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| ◆ | On the 30th anniversary of Futaba-no-kai, JDS Tokyo Setagaya Branch “We will continue to be an anchorage of our members” <Mayumi Maruyama, Sub-Chief of Futaba-no-kai> |
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| ◆ | Transition to a public interest incorporated foundation (vol.4) <Masanori Tanimoto, Director of Marketing, Tsuji Hongo Tax Accountant Corporation> |
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| ◆ | Cover story: | |
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| □ | My son’s challenge on the Kabuki stage “Chushingura” <Taeko Furukawa, Kyoto Prefecture> |
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| ◆ | The 23rd meeting of “Happiness for all, Clover,” JDS support group for siblings of children with Down Syndrome |
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| ◆ | Result of questionnaire: first grade of elementary school 2012 (4) |
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| ◆ | Please be aware of the risks that people with disabilities face <Ryuichi Tomioka, Sales Division, Zenchi Corporation> |
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| ◆ | Infant Development Consultation No.220 On “eating” <Ms. Kazue Fujii, a consultation staff > |
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| ◆ | Message from the Directors: December |
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| ◆ | Notes from the Office: 12/1~12/31 |
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| ◆ | Information Corner
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| *For the cover story, read the family’s account on page ten and eleven. | |||
JDS News, February comment on cover page
Yoshihiro Furukawa, 6-year-old boy from Kyoto prefecture, acted on a children’s Kabuki stage in December, after passing a strictly fair audition.