Report by India Education bureau, Bhubaneswar: Handicap International, an International civil society organisation working for the persons with disability today launched an online course on Physical Rehabilitation, which is unique in South Asia, meant for the experts in the field of disability and rehabilitation. To complement online teaching, these Face to Face (FTF) teaching modules have been planned in India.
These modules will help participants in understanding physical rehabilitation as sector and challenges thereof. It also intends to build their capacity to . . .
Easter Seals Central Texas strives to raise awareness of the challenges that people with disabilities face, spread hope and provide support and encouragement through community involvement.
A two-day sensitisation workshop for people with disability has been held at Axim, the Nzema East Municipal capital.
It was organized by the Municipal Disability Fund Management Committee and attended by 120 participants from the municipality.
Topics discussed included the rights of the disabled, how to access their two per cent portion of the Common Fund, areas of the utilisation of the fund, work of the fund and work of the fund management committee.
Heare is the latest artile of Dr. Scott Rains on Hurricane Sandy.
"Disability unmasks the mean-spirited actors in a society where Universal Design is rejected as the only responsible criteria for allocating public resources. Since Katrina and then the earthquake in Haiti disability activists have relentlessly developed and disseminated protocols for disability-aware disaster relief. Thankfully, Hurricane Sandy does not seem to be disproportionately hard on people with disabilities."
Police has been blamed behind the crimes and violence against people with disabilities because of the negligence of police the crimes have been increased.
A non-governmental organization in USA said that in such a big disaster people with disabilities not left alone it is duty of the governmental and non-governmental organizations to support these people in this difficult time.
David Douglas, 21, of Wood County has been honored for vocational success.
Douglas, an employee of REM Community Options, Williamstown, was honored Oct. 24 by the West Virginia Division of Rehabilitation Services for exemplary vocational rehabilitation success.
THERE will be more cash for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in next year's budget, amid estimates that $4 to $5 billion is needed to transition from trial sites to a full rollout.
The scheme is expected to cost around $15 billion a year to run when fully implemented in 2018/19. So far, the Labor government has set aside $1 billion to fund launch sites for the scheme but future funding commitments fall outside the four-year budget estimates period.
The Malta Federation of Organisations Persons with Disability (MFOPD) would like to join others in welcoming the long-awaited ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD) and its Optional Protocol by the Maltese Parliament. The ratification took place on October 10.
Unfortunately, very little publicity has been given to the event by the media, perhaps because of the ongoing political controversies and mishaps. In fact very few locals, including policy makers, are aware of the convention’s contents and implications.
In show business people with disabilities often ignored, even in our arts book is avoided to include people with disabilities is that there is any actor with the disability that is the last choice in this way these people discriminates people with disabilities.
David Douglas, 21, of Wood County has been honored for vocational success.
