HELPUSH Co., Ltd. Develops Barrier-Free Tourism Plans to Fulfill the 'I Want to Go!' Dreams of Wheelchair Users and Those Anxious About Going Out
For April Dream, HELPUSH Co., Ltd. announced its vision to provide comprehensive outing support services with dedicated buddies to help those facing barriers enjoy tourism.
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We support 'April Dream,' which aims to make April 1st a day to broadcast dreams. This press release is the dream of HELPUSH Co., Ltd.
HELPUSH Co., Ltd. (Location: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director & CEO: Yusuke Terada) operates a 'Comprehensive Outing Support Service' to fulfill wheelchair users' dreams of 'I want to go!'. We carefully listen to their desires, check routes through preliminary investigations, accompany them on the day with a dedicated buddy (supporter), and later present them with an edited video of their enjoyable experience. The plans that wheelchair users can participate in become barrier-free tourism plans that fulfill the 'dreams of going out' for people with disabilities, the elderly, stroller users, and anyone who feels anxious about mobility.
Background of People with Disabilities and the Elderly Giving Up on Going Out
Including CEO Terada, who is a wheelchair user, the background behind people with disabilities and the elderly giving up on going out involves three social issues that cannot be overcome solely by 'personal motivation.'
■ Information Barriers: Not knowing where they can go in a wheelchair or in their current condition. Unable to find information, they cannot plan.
■ Physical Barriers: Steps, slopes, and narrow passages. Non-barrier-free environments make physical movement difficult.
■ Psychological Barriers: Inability to ask for help, worrying about the eyes of others. Emotional walls stop them from stepping outside.
Particularly among the elderly, it is said that in cases of 'social withdrawal' where they do not go out even once a week, the mortality rate after 6 years is approximately double. (Research results by Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, published in the online edition of the international journal 'International Psychogeriatrics')
Terada's Original Experience is the Origin of the Outing Business
Terada uses a wheelchair due to congenital cerebral palsy.
He was full of vitality—sweating in a boys' baseball club as a child, studying abroad in the UK as a student, and later working as a Yoshimoto comedian, a Kabuki-cho host, hitchhiking across Japan, and achieving 100,000 subscribers as a YouTuber. Also, having lived in urban areas like Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo where train travel was possible, the environment made it easy to go out.
However, moving to Nagano Prefecture after the birth of his child changed everything. For Terada, who could not drive at the time, living in Nagano suddenly turned the previously normal act of 'going outside' into a high hurdle.
'I don't know where I can go in a wheelchair.' 'It's not barrier-free.' 'I have no friends to rely on in a place I'm living in for the first time.'
He faced the three social issues that make people give up on going out. Gradually, the gears of his daily life stopped meshing; mistakes, failures at work, and anxiety piled up, leading to days of withdrawal where he could not leave the house.
Fortunately, Nagano Prefecture focuses on 'Shinshu Universal Tourism,' allowing sightseeing regardless of age or disability. Being taken out to Minamiminowa Village and Achi Village allowed him to see spectacular views, eat delicious food, forget his daily troubles, and spend time laughing with others, which helped him escape his withdrawal. He became convinced that if there is a 'place to go' and 'someone to support,' one does not have to give up on going out.
Therefore, for those who feel anxious about mobility due to various reasons such as wheelchairs, disabilities, or age, and have given up on going out
HELPUSH Co., Ltd. (Location: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director & CEO: Yusuke Terada) operates a 'Comprehensive Outing Support Service' to fulfill wheelchair users' dreams of 'I want to go!'. We carefully listen to their desires, check routes through preliminary investigations, accompany them on the day with a dedicated buddy (supporter), and later present them with an edited video of their enjoyable experience. The plans that wheelchair users can participate in become barrier-free tourism plans that fulfill the 'dreams of going out' for people with disabilities, the elderly, stroller users, and anyone who feels anxious about mobility.
Background of People with Disabilities and the Elderly Giving Up on Going Out
Including CEO Terada, who is a wheelchair user, the background behind people with disabilities and the elderly giving up on going out involves three social issues that cannot be overcome solely by 'personal motivation.'
■ Information Barriers: Not knowing where they can go in a wheelchair or in their current condition. Unable to find information, they cannot plan.
■ Physical Barriers: Steps, slopes, and narrow passages. Non-barrier-free environments make physical movement difficult.
■ Psychological Barriers: Inability to ask for help, worrying about the eyes of others. Emotional walls stop them from stepping outside.
Particularly among the elderly, it is said that in cases of 'social withdrawal' where they do not go out even once a week, the mortality rate after 6 years is approximately double. (Research results by Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, published in the online edition of the international journal 'International Psychogeriatrics')
Terada's Original Experience is the Origin of the Outing Business
Terada uses a wheelchair due to congenital cerebral palsy.
He was full of vitality—sweating in a boys' baseball club as a child, studying abroad in the UK as a student, and later working as a Yoshimoto comedian, a Kabuki-cho host, hitchhiking across Japan, and achieving 100,000 subscribers as a YouTuber. Also, having lived in urban areas like Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo where train travel was possible, the environment made it easy to go out.
However, moving to Nagano Prefecture after the birth of his child changed everything. For Terada, who could not drive at the time, living in Nagano suddenly turned the previously normal act of 'going outside' into a high hurdle.
'I don't know where I can go in a wheelchair.' 'It's not barrier-free.' 'I have no friends to rely on in a place I'm living in for the first time.'
He faced the three social issues that make people give up on going out. Gradually, the gears of his daily life stopped meshing; mistakes, failures at work, and anxiety piled up, leading to days of withdrawal where he could not leave the house.
Fortunately, Nagano Prefecture focuses on 'Shinshu Universal Tourism,' allowing sightseeing regardless of age or disability. Being taken out to Minamiminowa Village and Achi Village allowed him to see spectacular views, eat delicious food, forget his daily troubles, and spend time laughing with others, which helped him escape his withdrawal. He became convinced that if there is a 'place to go' and 'someone to support,' one does not have to give up on going out.
Therefore, for those who feel anxious about mobility due to various reasons such as wheelchairs, disabilities, or age, and have given up on going out