Complete Your In-House Awareness and Compliance Training in Just One Month! Video Series “Laws and Basics Regarding Disabilities” Now Available for Purchase

Measurements Inc. (Headquarters: Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Naoki Uehama), which promotes web accessibility and operates “SunnyBank,” a crowdsourcing platform specializing in services for people with disabilities, has begun selling the video training course “[Video] Series on Laws and Basic Knowledge Regarding Disabilities,” designed to complete in-house awareness and compliance training for HR departments at major corporations and local governments within one month, on its own e-commerce site, “SunnyMarket.”

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SunnyMarket Product Page: https://market.sunnybank.jp/items/product/111

■Background and Challenges: Internal Training That Often Becomes a Formality and Concerns About Timing

With the enforcement of the amended Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (mandating reasonable accommodations by businesses) in April 2024, companies are now required to establish systems that ensure employees properly understand reasonable accommodations and can put them into practice in the workplace.

Consequently, many companies are implementing awareness training programs for all employees and managers.

However, HR managers at large companies with several thousand to tens of thousands of employees have raised the following challenges:

● “On-demand” training programs tend to be put off indefinitely, resulting in low completion rates

● Training that focuses solely on legal amendments and terminology explanations does not lead to behavioral changes on the job or a fundamental understanding

● Training sessions lasting more than one hour put a strain on frontline operations and tend to generate dissatisfaction

To address these challenges, we propose an operational model that “encourages company-wide viewing intensively within a limited one-month period to establish a common language.”

■ Three Reasons Why HR Departments at Major Companies Choose This Video

1. “30-Day Limited Access” Boosts Completion Rates! The “1-Month Intensive Package”

Unlike e-learning programs that tend to be neglected throughout the year, we clearly define a specific period—such as “This Month: Disability Awareness and Diversity Promotion Month”—and roll it out company-wide. By establishing a 30-day intensive viewing period, we boost employee motivation and rapidly raise the company-wide level of compliance and awareness in a short timeframe.

2. 3–8 Minutes Per Video! “Microlearning” That Doesn’t Disrupt On-the-Job Work

The 18 videos are compactly designed, ranging from 3 to 8 minutes per topic. Since they can be watched during spare moments, morning meetings, or the few minutes before meetings, they ensure effective learning while minimizing disruption to on-the-job operations.

3. “Reliable Quality” Crafted by Experts in Disability-Specific Services and Accessibility

This program distills the extensive practical insights gained from operating “Sunny Bank,” a crowdsourcing platform specializing in people with disabilities, and from conducting web accessibility audits. Beyond simply explaining laws and regulations, the content promotes a fundamental shift in mindset—including perspectives from people with disabilities—on topics such as the “medical model versus the social model” and “social barriers.”Furthermore, the entire series features closed captions (CC) and AI voice support, ensuring accessibility for all viewers.

■ List of Included Content (18 videos total, approx. 90 minutes)

1. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (4:00)

2. Basic Act on Persons with Disabilities (6:18)

3. Amended Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (4:51)

4. Persons with Disabilities Covered by the Laws (4:14)

5. Covered Businesses (4:19)

6. Prohibition of Unjustly Discriminatory Treatment (4:31)

7. Provision of Accessible Environments (5:04)

8. Provision of Reasonable Accommodations (6:09)

9. Excessive Burden (5:22)

10. Social Barriers (6:14)

11. Terminology for “Disability”: “Shōgai,” “Shōkai,” and “Shōgai” (4:42)

12. Perspectives on “Disability”: The Medical Model and the Social Model (7:25)

13. Impairments of Physical and Mental Functions (4:32)

14. Disability ID Card (4:37)

15. Physical Disability Certificate (4:30)

16. Rehabilitation Handbook (6:46)

17. Mental Health and Welfare Certificate (4:01)

18. Mental Disabilities (6:42)

This video series is not intended merely to have employees memorize laws and terminology as facts. By helping them quickly grasp fundamental concepts such as the “medical model and social model” and “social barriers,” it instills within the company “the mindset and common language that enable frontline employees to think independently and provide appropriate reasonable accommodations while engaging in dialogue with individuals with disabilities.”

■ Implementation Examples (Example of Use in the HR Department)

● Designate a “Month for Enhancing Understanding of Disabilities (30 days)” and introduce the videos to employees in stages

● After viewing, conduct a simple survey or workshop where employees brainstorm “specific examples of reasonable accommodations” tailored to their company’s operations

■Product Overview

Product Name: [Video] Series on Laws and Basic Knowledge Regarding Disabilities

Sales Site: SunnyMarket

Price: 55,000 yen (tax included)

Specifications/Format: Streamed via Vimeo (compatible with PCs, smartphones, and tablets; includes subtitles and AI-generated audio)

Viewing Period: 30 days after purchase (*Ideal for use as part of company-wide training programs)

Product Details URL: https://market.sunnybank.jp/items/product/111

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■Comment from Naoki Uehama, Representative Director of Measurements Inc.

In my line of work, I often speak with representatives from companies and local governments, and I frequently hear them ask, “How should we interact with people with disabilities?” I also often see a reactive approach, such as “We’ll figure it out after we receive a request for accommodations.”I often feel that “social barriers” remain difficult to overcome. I would be delighted if this program were utilized in such situations and helped improve accessibility.

Going forward, we plan to release follow-up content and a “Quick Tips on Reasonable Accommodations” series that offers concrete, fun-to-learn information. Please feel free to share your requests with us.

■ About Measurements

Measurements is a consulting firm that provides website consulting, web analytics support, and web accessibility assessments. Since 2018, we have been operating “Sunny Bank,” a crowdsourcing service specializing in people with disabilities, and are committed to creating “jobs that only people with disabilities can do” and “jobs that people with disabilities want to do.”In October 2022, we also launched a paid employment placement service, providing comprehensive support to companies in promoting the employment of people with disabilities and implementing reasonable accommodations.

■Company Overview

Company Name: Measurements Inc.

Representative Director: Naoki Uehama

Address: Room 606, Shinbo Building, 6-13-7 Ginza, Chuo-ku, Tokyo

Business Activities: Website consulting, web analytics support,

　　　　　　 Web Accessibility Assessments,

　　　　　　 Operation of “Sunny Bank,” a crowdsourcing platform specializing in people with disabilities

URL: https://www.measurements.co.jp/