Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 10-16 October 2015
INDIA: Indigenous Screening Tools to Detect Dyslexia
www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com
PAKISTAN: Regional Conference on Inclusive Education Organized by CBID Network Pakistan and ICEVI Set 18-19 November 2015 at Lahore
www.icevi.cbid.org.pk
NEPAL: Amputee Mountaineer Jamie Andrew Attacks Nepal's Plans to Ban Disabled Adventurers from Climbing Everest
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
MALAYSIA: Disabled Boy Rescued from Neglect Dies
www.thesundaily.my
WORLD: Humanitarian Aid Leaving Persons with Disabilities Behind
www.handicap-international.org.uk
NEW ZEALAND: Nationwide Rehabilitation Strategy Needed - Doctors
www.home.nzcity.co.nz
WORLD: How to Make Fashion More Accessible For Wheelchair Users and the Disabled
www.fastcodesign.com
VIETNAM: ‘A Better Hanoi’ for the Poor and Children with Disabilities
www.en.baomoi.com/Info
CHINA: Gang Busted for Selling Chinese Brides with Psychosocial Disabilities
www.sputniknews.com/asia
SINGAPORE: MRT Option Shows Persons with Disabilities ‘Can Be Part of System'
www.todayonline.com/sports
WORLD: Home Safety for Persons with Disabilities
www.redcross.org
AUSTRALIA: Porter Flags Cuts to Disability Payments
www.probonoaustralia.com.au
KAZAKHSTAN: More Than 20 Companies to Hold a Job Fair for Persons with Disabilities in Astana
www.bnews.kz/en
INDIA: Need for Disability-Oriented Curricula, Therapists Stressed
www.thehindu.com
WORLD: 10 Tips for Teenagers with Asperger Syndrome or Mild Autism
www.autisticnotweird.com
WORLD: How to Babysit an Autistic Child
www.autism.ehoow.net
SINGAPORE: 3 Students with Disabilities Get University Scholarships (VIDEO)
www.channelnewsasia.com
JAPAN: Japan Looks to Technology to Solve Ageing Population Woes (VIDEO)
www.channelnewsasia.com
WORLD: CPS Launches New Tool to Help Persons with Disabilities
www.calgary.ctvnews.ca
WORLD: Delta Airlines Needs Some Serious Disability Awareness Training
www.eturbonews.com
AUSTRALIA: $50 Million Work Target for Persons with Disabilities
www.businessnews.com.au
KAZAKHSTAN: "Kcell" Supported Sports Festival for Persons with Disabilities in Taraz
www.activ.kz/en
WORLD: What Causes Hearing Loss
www.well.blogs.nytimes.com
WORLD: Autism's Hidden Gifts
www.theatlantic.com
AUSTRALIA: Carer, Disability and Family Payments in Sights of New Social Services Minister
www.smh.com.au
VIETNAM: Vietnam Service 'Presumptive' Disability Benefits
www.appeal-democrat.com
WORLD: First Speaker with a Disability Elected for Children's Parliament
www.news24.com
WORLD: Disability System to Tap IBM’s Watson
www.cio.com.au
NEW ZEALAND: Combination of Law and Disability Proves Influential
www.stuff.co.nz/auckland
WORLD: Spinal Cord Injury Doesn’t Stop Santa Fe Man from Seeking Adventures
www.santafenewmexican.com/news
TAIWAN: Prioritize Housing for Persons with Disabilities
www.taipeitimes.com
BANGLADESH: The State of Mental Health Care in Bangladesh (PHOTOS)
www.theguardian.com
WORLD: What's Life Like in Rio de Janeiro with a Disability?
www.bbc.com/news
MALAYSIA: Fines for Parking at Disabled Lots in Penang
www.news.asiaone.com/news
LAO PDR: Circulating Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus
www.who.int
AUSTRALIA: Indonesia, National Disability and Agility in Response to the Drought in Queensland (PODCAST)
www.abc.net.au
JAPAN: Talk on Transsexuality in Japan as 'Gender Identity Disability' Set 21 October 2015 at Georgetown University
www.hoyalink.georgetown.edu
WORLD: Mentor Community Raises Funds for Students with Disabilities to Attend Homecoming
www.news-herald.com
WORLD: Can You See Me?
www.huffingtonpost.com
INDIA: Soon, Star Ratings for Products on User-Friendliness
www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com
MALAYSIA: Age-Related Disability and Technology
www.ig.upm.edu.my
MIDDLE EAST: Medical Error Leads to Girl’s Permanent Disability
www.arabnews.com
INDONESIA: Lawmakers Trim Planned Provisions for Persons with Disabilities
www.thejakartapost.com
SINGAPORE: National Disability League Boosts Local Para Sports
www.myactivesg.com
MYANMAR: No Accessible Voting for Persons with Disabilities in Kalay District
www.myanmarnews.net
AZERBAIJAN: Integration of Persons with Disabilities Into Society
www.cbc.az/en
DUBAI: Dubai, a Destination for All Including the Disabled
www.khaleejtimes.com
SOLOMON ISLANDS: Persons with Disabilities Call on Solomon Islands Prime Minister to Approve UN Convention
www.emtv.com.pg
VIETNAM: Vietnam Sets Up National Committee for Persons with Disabilities
www.hanoitimes.com.vn
WORLD: Underlying Reason for Gender Differences in Autism Symptoms
www.medicaldaily.com