Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 12-18 November 2016
MYANMAR: Policy Changes Needed to Support Citizens with Intellectual Disabilities, Families Say
www.mmtimes.com
PHILIPPINES: A New Hope for the Disability Sector (COMMENTARY)
www.philstar.com
PAKISTAN: Persons with Multiple Disabilities Get Insurance Cover
www.brecorder.com
AUSTRALIA: Dolls Reflecting Disabilities Offer Hope to Children
www.sbs.com.au
INDIA: Government to Provide More Sports Facilities to Encourage Players with Disabilities
www.in.finance.yahoo.com
THAILAND: New Express Trains with Accessible Features to Service Four Major Routes in Thailand
www.thaitravelblogs.com
PHILIPPINES: Filipinos with Intellectual Disability Swim Against Tide of Prejudices
www.businessmirror.com.ph
WORLD: Creating the Optimal Living Environment for a Child with ADHD
www.homeadviceguide.com
AUSTRALIA: What is It Like to Navigate Canberra When You Can't See Anything at All? (VIDEO)
www.abc.net.au
WORLD: Family Fights for Down Syndrome Inclusion
www.disabilityscoop.com
THAILAND: Women with Disabilities Doubly Cursed, Raped, Sterilized
www.prachatai.com
INDIA: IFFI to Screen Films for Children with Disabilities
www.thehindu.com
AUSTRALIA: We Want You to Employ and Treat Us Equally
www.illawarramercury.com.au
CHINA: Strangers Help a Wheelchair Racer (and Find Out Later She’s a Gold Medalist)
www.nytimes.com
INDIA: Children with Disabilities Need Greater Access to Books
www.thehindu.com
TONGA: Tonga Focuses on Rights of Persons with Disabilities
www.radionz.co.nz
WORLD: College-Bound Students with Autism Learn to Navigate Campus Life
www.disabilityscoop.com
THAILAND: Senior Citizens Named Role Models for Persons with Disabilities
www.pattayamail.com
SOUTH ASIA: No Turning Back
www.doorinternational.com
CAMBODIA: Does Cambodia Really Care About Its Disabled?
www.thediplomat.com
AUSTRALIA: Camping and Caravan Travel Empowering Australians with Disabilities
www.abc.net.au
WORLD: Persons with Disabilities Face ‘Extreme Risk of Harm’ Without Sharp Rise in Care Funding (PODCAST)
www.disabilitynewsservice.com
VIETNAM: HCM City University Supports Students with Disabilities
www.vietnamnews.vn
MYANMAR: Parents of Children with Disabilities Share Experience on Caregiving
www.myanmarinternationaltv.com
MYANMAR: Mobile Apps for Persons with Disabilities
www.chinavision.info
MALAYSIA: Deaf Partners Build Careers at Starbucks Store in Malaysia (VIDEO)
www.news.starbucks.com
VIETNAM: Malteser International Launches Digital Version of Manual on Disability Inclusive Community-based Disaster Risk Management via DAISY
www.preventionweb.net
INDIA: Rahul Dravid Appointed Brand Ambassador for T20 World Cup for Blind
www.asianews.online
CHINA: Artist with Autism Impresses Audiences with Painting Skills
www.globaltimes.cn
PAKISTAN: A Woman with Visual Disability's Resolve to Help Persons with Disabilities
www.dawn.com
AUSTRALIA: How Siobhan Daley Became the Public Face of the NDIS
www.smh.com.au
SRI LANKA: PM Says Policemen Involved in Attack on Servicemen with Disabilities Could Face Expulsion
www.sundaytimes.lk
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