A new design exhibition in Tokyo is aiming to give the public perception of disability a makeover by placing style at the top of the agenda.
The exhibition in Shibuya Ward, which runs until Monday and is part of a wider event titled Super Welfare Expo, showcases a range of wheelchairs, prosthetic limbs and other disability aids, with the emphasis as much on fun as functionality.
"When you think about glasses, nowadays they're fashion items," Shinji Sudo, of event organizer People Design Institute, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping minority people, told The Japan Times.