selamatpagi comments

My apologies, my first time posting. I made a mistake. The second paragraph onwards is my comment, not the quote

Where does one obtain an 'official welfare document' certifying their condition? I have PTSD as certified by a 'shindansho' written by my psycho therapist physician, will that suffice?

I am rather surprised by the number of people here who do not know about the Disability Handbook (精神障害福祉手帳）. Well, maybe I am not that surprised, as I only found out about it (or bothered to check about it) five years after I come to Japan.

I suffered from depression and schizophrenia. I got a shindansho by my doctor, got an application letter for the Disability Handbook and went to the city ward to apply for it. It has three levels depending on the seriousness of your so-called disability (depends on what your doctor writes). I got level 3, the lowest. With that Disability Handbook in hand, you get tax breaks, 50% ride on buses, and this (the plane tickets).

There is also this 自立支援医療費制度(精神通院医療) which makes your doctor visits and pharmacy visit only 10% of the full fee (instead of the usual 30%).

I would encourage those eligible to apply for it. It helps me a lot because even though I have a full-time job, the costly visits to the hospitals and my medication was so much, I was glad the government tried to help in some small ways