Book "New Forms of Support for People with Disabilities Changing with Generative AI Social Work 4.0" published

Papageno Corporation (headquartered in Suginami-ku, Tokyo), which operates DX support for companies and employment support services for people with mental and developmental disabilities, has published the book "A New Form of Support for People with Disabilities Changing with Generative AI: Social Work 4.0" (Sogoho Publishing) on March 11, 2025.

Based on the knowledge gained from the "Papageno Work & Recovery," a Type B continuous employment support office, and the "AI Support-san," a DX application for the support field, this book summarizes examples of how disabled people and supporters utilize generative AI as a "social resource" and the future of social work.

Book Publication

Outline of the book "Generative AI will change the new form of support for people with disabilities: Social Work 4.0"].

Based on the idea that AI is not merely a tool for improving work efficiency, but a valuable "social resource" that greatly expands the possibilities of people with disabilities, the book introduces a number of cases in which AI has been abundantly utilized in the field of support.

What is the role of social workers (supporters) required in the age of AI? will be introduced in an easy-to-understand manner, including interviews with people with disabilities and findings from Papageno's practice.

The presentation is designed to help those who are not experts in IT or AI to understand the features of Generative AI and to put them into practice in the field, by carefully referring not only to the merits of Generative AI but also to its risks and points to note when introducing it.

Feature 1: Thorough explanation of "new forms of support for people with disabilities" using generative AI

The book contains many real-life episodes in which people with disabilities use AI as a social resource and work in their own way while compensating for their weaknesses with tools. Therefore, AI has the potential to greatly expand the range of support for mental illness and developmental disabilities, which are functional disorders of the brain, by supplementing functions and adjusting the environment.

AI is a powerful partner for both people with disabilities and their supporters. This book provides a wealth of practical examples based on the idea that "AI is a powerful partner for both people with disabilities and their supporters.

Feature 2: Includes many voices of people with disabilities

The book contains not only the viewpoints of supporters, but also many "real voices" of people with disabilities who are actually using AI. Based on interviews with disabled people and a questionnaire survey on AI to users of Papageno Work & Recovery, readers can learn about real cases of AI use and the opinions of people with disabilities.

■Feature 3: Proposals for "Social Work 4.0," the role of supporters in the age of AI

The transition of disability welfare and social welfare up to now is positioned as "social work 1.0-3.0" from the viewpoint of technological innovation, and the new evolved form of social work brought about by generative AI is defined as "social work 4.0.

The book also provides an easy-to-understand summary of how the roles of supporters have changed and what initiatives should be taken, along with trends in systems and laws.

Feature 4: AI applications that can be put into practice tomorrow in the field of disability welfare

Based on the examples of AI application at Papageno Work & Recovery (Type B Continuous Employment Support), the book summarizes practical know-how so that even those who use AI for the first time can put it into practice.

Basic information about the book

Title: New Form of Support for Persons with Disabilities Changed by Generative AI: Social Work 4.0

Author ：Yasumasa Tanaka (CEO, Papageno, Inc.)

Release Date ：March 11, 2025

Publisher ：Sougouhouhou Shuppan

Price: 1,760 yen (tax included)

Style: Single volume, horizontally written, 256 pages

isbn-10: 486280988x

isbn-13: 978-4862809889

Dimensions: 12.8 x 1.5 x 18.8 cm

Please check the official website and bookstore websites for details.

■Table of Contents

Introduction : The Age of True Individualized Support

Chapter 1: Generating AI will change the common sense of disability welfare

Chapter 2: What is AI in the first place?

Chapter 3: Possibilities of Generative AI based on Dialogue

Chapter 4: DX Practice in the Field of Support by Generative AI

Chapter 5 : Social Work 4.0

Chapter 6: Current status of DX and AI utilization in the disability welfare industry

Conclusion: Toward Social Implementation of Recovery

Purchase page

Amazon: https://amzn.to/4bGryUr

Event and early purchase bonus information】】

■March 30, 2025 Book reading session will be held at Papageno Work & Recovery Yoga!

A "reading session" to think about welfare and generative AI will be held at Papageno Work & Recovery Yoga, a Type B continuous employment support office which opened in March 2025, based on the book "A New Form of Support for Persons with Disabilities Changing with Generative AI: Social Work 4.0".

Date: Sunday, March 30, 2025, 10:00 - 11:30

Venue ： Papageno Work & Recovery Yoga

　　　　　　　 A-stage Yoga, 4-9-12 Yoga, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo

　　　　　　　 (3 minutes walk from Yoga Station on Tokyu Denentoshi Line)

Admission: Free (capacity: 20 people on a first-come, first-served basis)

Registration: Please register for the reading session using the registration form below.

　　　　　　　 https://forms.gle/6m8FCFMgecndAtG97

Book reading event

Early bird special: 30-minute video call with the author (limited to the first 30 registrants)

As a special offer to those who purchase the book early, we will provide a 30-minute video call with the author, Yasumasa Tanaka, President of Papageno.

Application deadline for this form: Monday, March 31, 2025, 23:59

Number of applicants: Limited to the first 30 applicants

Period of the video call: March 11, 2025 (Tuesday) - May 4, 2025 (Sunday)

Location ： Online at Google Meet

Application Method ： Please apply using the following Google form.

　　　　　　　　　　　 https://forms.gle/xVAbhsGWMeTKoqgUA

Early Bird Special

Author Profile: Yasumasa Tanaka

Representative Director of Papageno, Inc. After working in business development at a healthcare startup and conducting research on media and suicide at the Kanagawa University of Health and Welfare's Graduate School of Health Innovation, he founded Papageno in 2022. Aiming at "social implementation of recovery," he has been making efforts to utilize DX and AI in the disability welfare industry, focusing on the operation of "Papageno Work & Recovery," a Type B continuous employment support program, and the development of "AI Support-san," a DX application for the support field. He has a number of achievements, including collaboration with the national and local governments, training of AI utilization skills of supporters through "AI Welfare Hackathon," and survey of DX actual conditions and policy proposals in the disability welfare industry.

[Author x Editor dialogue of the book is available on YouTube!

The author of this book, Yasumasa Tanaka, CEO of Papageno, Inc. and Junya Ichikawa, editor of Sogoho Publishing are talking to each other on Papageno's official YouTube page.

Editor x Author dialogue of the book "A New Shape of Support for Persons with Disabilities Changing with Generative AI: Social Work 4.0", to be released on March 11, 2025 [Junya Ichikawa, Editor, Sogohoki Publishing, Inc. and Yasumasa Tanaka, CEO of Papageno].

https://youtu.be/W2ht6i8BZ8M?si=adhPMMcqwLrUFoAO

Behind the Scenes of Book Production

About Papageno Inc.

Company name: Papageno, Inc.

Representative Director: Yasumasa Tanaka

URL ： https://papageno.co.jp/

Headquarters ： Room A, 2F, Route Kamitakaido Building, 1-13-1 Kamitakaido, Suginami-ku, Tokyo

Establishment : March 2, 2022

A venture company from Kanagawa University of Health and Welfare that promotes recovery (pursuit of one's own way of life) related to mental disorders, aiming for a society in which everyone can feel "glad to be alive". It operates DX support for companies, employment support for people with mental disabilities, and the art project "100 Papageno Story". In March 2024, released the AI support record application "AI Jyosupport-san.

AI Jyosupport-san

https://papageno.co.jp/ai-shien/

Papageno Work & Recovery (Type B continuous employment support)

https://papageno.co.jp/work-and-recovery/

Papageno official YouTube channel

https://www.youtube.com/@papageno_jp