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| History of ABA |
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| WE SEEK FOR BARRIER-FREE AMUSEMENT CULTURE. |
| Our pleasure is that we can establish the gamusement fieldsh for all people, and that we can bridge the aged or handicapped and amusement facilities in the philosophy of gnormalization.h---building the society where people can enjoy fair and care-free lives regardless of being handicapped or not. |
| Summer, 1998 | A human resource and maintenance consulting company (specialized to amusement industries) pointed out that there was no uniform guide for amusement parks to cope with the aged and the disabled.Meanwhile, social working groups raised the concept of gsharedh barrier-free amusement facilities for all people regardless of being handicapped or not. |
| June 1999 | Organization draft composed |
| September 1999 | Preliminary committee founded |
| November 1999 | Amusement Barrier-Free Association founded |
| December 1999 | Applied for NPO authorization at the Economic Planning Agency |
| March 2000 | ABA foundation ceremony conducted |
| @ | ABA guide volunteer training course (Elementary) opening session conducted |
| April 2000 | Acquired NPO authorization |
| September 2000 | ABA guide volunteer training course (Elementary)
started ABA guide volunteer training course (Intermediate) started |