Remo Sugimoto

Chief Operation Officer

OHANA Co.

Japan

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My organisation

OHANA Co. is a sole social service provider specialized for ASD in Akita, Japan. We currently run 4 daily and residential care centers for children and adults with ASD and are planning to open more. Most of our clients have challenging behaviours such as self-injury and violence and have been rejected by other facilities. We accept them and use evidence-based methods such as ABA and TEACCH to support them. We have been providing vocational trainings for them to participate in coffee production using their strong attention to details for handpicking of raw coffee beans. We organize workshops and seminars for parents and caregivers to learn about the methods. Our aim is to create a society where anyone, including people with ASD and their families, can access necessary information and social services from early childhood till death, spreading the role model from Akita to the world.
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About me

Remo Sugimoto is a COO and Project Manager at OHANA CO., a company which aims to make a social impact on the inclusion and empowerment of people with different abilities. She helps launch various projects such as creating a shared house specialized for people with severe ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder). She also oversees the development of original products which offer opportunities for people with severe autism to work in a customized working environment. Remo is passionate about the inclusion of people with different abilities. She has experience working at United Nations Volunteers Cambodia as a project manager of Community Action Challenge, a program which supports local Cambodian youth to make social impacts on their own communities. Remo completed her bachelor's in Global Business from Akita International University, Japan and studied social entrepreneurship at NEOMA Business School, France as an exchange student for a year.

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Areas of Activity

Employment

Vocational Training

ICT (Information and Communication Technologies)

Mobile Services and Smartphone Apps

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Friday, 7 March 2025

10:00 - 11:00

Job creation for persons on the autism spectrum

Format:In-personLocation:M2Track:Zero Project Awardees
  • Focus: Learning disabilities
  • English captions | International Sign
  • Graphic facilitation

Research by the NIH among others continues to underline that many persons on the autism spectrum exhibit talents in memory, visuo‐spatial abilities, and calculation.