Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 13-19 June 2015
AUSTRALIA: Marriage of Man and Machine Opens New World for Persons with Disabilities
www.theaustralian.com.au
INDIA: Meet India's First Blind Indian Foreign Service Officer
www.rediff.com/getahead
WORLD: Disability Made Us Human - New Vulnerable Ape Theory Suggests Our Ancestors Turned Poor Genes Into an Advantage
www.singaporenews.sg
WORLD: For Business Success, Include Persons with Disabilities, Urge US Philanthropists
www.timesofisrael.com
CHINA: Persons with Disabilities Have Difficulty Finding Jobs
www.globalaccessibilitynews.com
AUSTRALIA: Senate Inquiry into Students with Disabilities
www.csa.edu.au
WORLD: BBC Under Fire for ‘Disabled Only’ Job Vacancy
www.hcamag.com/hr-news
INDIA: Disabilities Rights Bill - Activists Worried Over Guardianship
www.thehindu.com/news
WORLD: 'Child Benefit Should Be Scrapped and Disability Benefits Taxed'
www.mirror.co.uk/news
VIETNAM: Meet the Children from our TV Appeal to Beat Disease
www.blogs.unicef.org.uk
INDIA: Boss Hiding Behind Disability, Says Victim
www.newindianexpress.com
WORLD: Dating Fails on the Autism Spectrum
www.everydayfeminism.com
WORLD: How to Explain Autism to People
www.autism.ehoow.net
LAO PDR: Concerts in Vietnam and Laos Showcase Disabled Performers
www.vnah-hev.org
THAILAND: Disabled Learn Self-Help (VIDEO)
www.bangkokpost.com/vdo
WORLD: Lucy Spruill, Transit/Disability Rights Advocate, Dies at 70
www.pghcitypaper.com
WORLD: Human Rights Council Holds Interactive Dialogue on Right to Education and on International Solidarity
www.unog.ch
WORLD: 5 Things Every Sibling of Someone with Autism Wants You to Know
www.autismspeaks.org/blog
CAMBODIA: Sign Language Frees Cambodian Deaf from Prison
www.qatar-tribune.com/viewnews
VIETNAM: Rights for Persons with Disabilities High on VN Agenda
www.vietnamnews.vn
WORLD: New Chair Lift Assists Disabled Members of Springfield Church
www.wwlp.com
WORLD: Disabled Man Thanks Social Media for Stolen Lifeline's Return
www.mix96.co.uk
INDIA: One Man’s Crusade Opens Up CHS Jobs for Doctors with Disabilities
www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india
BANGLADESH: 617 Persons with Disabilities Get Artificial Limbs from Joint India-Bangla Camp
www.greenwatchbd.com
WORLD: New York Jets Players Help High School Senior Sarah Kardonsky Ask Autistic Friend Michael Pagano to Prom
www.nydailynews.com/entertainment
MALAYSIA: The State of the Disability Movement in Malaysia
www.theborneopost.com
INDIA: Disability's Just a Word for Her
www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city
NEPAL: Long, Hard Road for Disabled Quake Survivors
www.news.yahoo.com
WORLD: Disabled Travelers Have Access Concerns About Flying - CAA Study
www.travelweekly.co.uk
CHINA: One Woman’s Fight to Improve Mental Health Care
www.maryanncarmody.com
VIETNAM: My Love Affair with the Kianh Foundation (BLOG)
www.kianh.org.uk/stories
WORLD: Boy with Autism Uses Art to Cope with Bullying
www.autismspeaks.org/blog
THAILAND: The Bangkok Symposium on Landmine Victim Assistance
www.mfa.go.th/main/en
WORLD: Reflections on the Battle for Inclusion (BLOG)
www.grindwriters.blogspot.com
VIETNAM: Reservists Exposed to Agent Orange After Vietnam War May Get Disability Benefits
www.huffingtonpost.com
CAMBODIA: Deaf Development Program Helps Reduce Isolation
www.limpingchicken.com
MYANMAR: What Persons with Disabilities Need?
www.myitmakhamedia.info
WORLD: Better Data on Disaster Victims
www.scidev.net/global
PHILIPPINES: Freedom Walk 2015 Calls for Stronger Support in Breaking Barriers Experienced by Persons with Disabilities
www.ptvnews.ph
INDONESIA: Chatting with Your New Indonesian Speaking Friends About Wheelchair Basketball
www.parasport-news.com
INDIA: Visual Disability Ain’t Disability for Him
www.tribuneindia.com/news
TURKEY: Only Two Deputies with Disabilities in Parliament
www.bianet.org/english
WORLD: UN Women Presents Its Work on Women and Girls with Disabilities
www.unwomen.org/en
INDIA: Mahasabha for Persons with Physical Disabilities on June 19
www.siasat.com/english/news
WORLD: Service Dogs Help Farmers with Disabilities Stay on the Land
www.gazettextra.com
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