A study on the effect of the contact experience with persons with disabilitiesthrough the commercial video entertainment games have on the normalchild

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The purpose of this study is to develop a workshop in order to reduce the negative image of people with disabilities, to be understood as a familiar presence with disabilities. On the workshop (hereinafter referred to as WS), after instructors with severe disabilities explain and demonstrate to video entertainment games playing and computer operating, participants perform games and PC input using the method of operation disabilities chin and trunk function, arm, and breath to do. Questionnaire of effect measurement scale of disability awareness training by Sugino et al1), and questionnaire survey of general workshop are conducted in WS.WS were conducted in three junior high schools and three elementary schools, 238 junior high school students and 207 elementary school students participated. Effect of consciousness improvement was seen in the questionnaire of effect measurement scale of disability awareness training. In the questionnaire survey of workshops in general, high valued evaluation was made to instruction from people with disabilities, potential has increased for PC operation of persons with severe disabilities. In a free description of the questionnaire, there were many description written "possible even if there aredisabilities" and the term of the effect, it was content favorable.The above results is a reflection of which is a feature of the present WS, contact experience with persons with disabilities and a shared experience "possible even if there are disabilities". WS is considered effective to promote the understanding of failure in school education .