Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 13 - 19 December 2014
BRUNEI: Brunei Represented at ASEAN Disability Forum
www.bt.com.bn/news-national/2014/12/19/brunei-represented-asean-disability-forum
NORTH KOREA: Football Team with Hearing Disabilities Given Rare Honor of Trip to Play Australia
www.abc.net.au/news/2014-12-12/north-korean-hearing-impaired-football-team
FIJI: Policy to Ensure Inclusive Sports Participation
www.fijilive.com/sports/news/2014/12/policy-to-ensure-inclusive-sport-participation
WORLD: Technology Breaks All Disability Barriers
www.incpak.com/alerts/driving-dreams-technology-breaks-disability-barriers
INDIA: Artists with Disabilities Learn to Paint with Feet, Mouth
www.kolkatanews.net/index.php/sid
PAKISTAN: Disabled by Criminally Negligent Doctors
www.dawn.com/news
NORTH KOREA: North Korea 'Purging the Disabled Because They Humiliate the Regime'
www.newsbite.it/index-id-news-zk-21334.html
FIJI: Living Beyond Challenges
www.fijitimes.com/story
WORLD: 'Obesity Can Constitute a Disability'
www.neurope.eu/article/cvria-obesity-can-constitute-disability
AUSTRALIA: Local Disability Advocate Publishes First Book (VIDEO)
www.nbnnews.com.au/index.php/2014/12/18/local-disability-advocate-publishes-first-book
VIETNAM: American Documentary on Persons with Disabilities Screened
www.tuoitrenews.vn/lifestyle/18261/documentary-on-disabled-people-screened-in-southern-vietnam
WORLD: St. Lucy an Example of Courage for All Who Face Disabilities
www.heraldmalaysia.com/newscategory/news/Pope-St-Lucy-an-example-of-courage-for-all-who-face-disabilities
BANGLADESH: Seeing Beyond Disabilities
www.bd.undp.org/content/bangladesh/en/home/ourwork/democraticgovernance/successstories/seeing-beyond-disabilities
INDIA: SC Upholds Benefits to Soldiers with Disabilities
www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/sc-upholds-benefits-to-disabled-soldiers
NEW ZEALAND: Education Program About the Disability Convention Being Developed for Disability Support Service Staff
www.livenews.co.nz/2014/12/18/education-programme-about-the-disability-convention
WORLD: What Every Parent Should Know About Timeouts
www.psychologybenefits.org/2014/12/10/what-every-parent-should-know-about-timeouts
INDIA: Delhi University Training Nurses on Use of Sign Language in Hospitals
www.articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com
SOUTH KOREA: Students with Visual Disabilities Receive 3D Printed Touchable Yearbook by 3D TEK
www.3dprint.com/31162/3d-print-touchable-yearbook
AUSTRALIA: Changes to Payments for Persons with Disabilities
www.humanservices.gov.au/customer/news/changes-payments-people-with-disability
INDIA: TISS Campus to be Disabled Friendly
www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mumbai/tiss-campus-to-be-disabled-friendly
WORLD: Borås is the Winner of the Access City Award 2015
www.eu-smartcities.eu/content/bor%C3%A5s-winner-access-city-award-2015
INDIA: New Edition of Odia Calendar in Braille Ready for the New Year
www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/new-edition-of-odia-calendar
WORLD: Creating Meaningful Jobs for Adults with Autism (VIDEO)
www.blog.theautismsite.com/creating-meaningful-jobs-for-adults-with-autism
INDIA: Government Preparing Database for Persons with Disabilities
www.globalaccessibilitynews.com/2014/12/17/government-preparing-database
VIETNAM: Meet an Entrepreneur with Disability Who Knits Others' Future (VIDEO)
www.tuoitrenews.vn/audio/detail-audio
WORLD: Removing Clot Helps Limit Stroke Disability - Study
www.abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/study-removing-clot-helps-limit-stroke
INDIA: Support, Don't Abandon, Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
www.hrw.org/news/2014/12/14/india-support-dont-abandon-mentally-disabled
THAILAND: Johnity and Refugees with Disabilities are Left Behind
www.unhcr.or.th/Donate_ChildrenWithDisabilities
MALAYSIA: Persons with Disabilities Feted to Fun-Filled Celebration
www.borneobulletin.com.bn/specially-abled-feted-fun-filled-celebration
CHINA: 30% of Youth with Disabilities Not Attending School - Survey
www.echinacities.com/news/Chinese-Disabled-Youth-Survey-30-Not-Attending-School
WORLD: Behavioral and Intellectual Disabilities in Pediatric Epilepsy
www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/12/141208152354.htm
BHUTAN: Dragon Queen Puts Focus on Persons with Disabilities
www.royalista.com/65449/bhutans-dragon-queen-puts-focus-on-disabled-people
SINGAPORE: Training Program Helps Community Detect Abuse of Elderly, Disabled
www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/training-programme-helps
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