Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 2-8 August 2014
THAILAND: The Contradictions of Baby Gammy - Disability, Discrimination and the True Cost of Surrogacy
www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2014/08/07/4062429.htm
NEW ZEALAND: Persons with Disabilities Deserve Better Health, Education
www.livenews.co.nz/2014/08/07/disabled-people-deserve-better-health-and-education-2
CHINA: Horticulture Therapy Can Teach Life Skills to Those with Special Needs
www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-education/article/1566284/how-horticulture-therapy-can-teach-life-skills-those
NEW ZEALAND: Access to Buildings a Human Right, Says Monitoring Group
www.livenews.co.nz/2014/08/07/access-to-buildings-is-a-human-right-says-monitoring-group-2
PAKISTAN: Persons with Physical Disabilities Allowed Duty-Free Import of Cars
www.maverickpakistanis.com/2010/05/pakistans-physically-handicapped-allowed-duty-free-import-of-cars
VIETNAM: Aussie Gives Hope to the Blind
www.vietnamnews.vn/life-style/expat-corner/258507/aussie-gives-hope-to-the-blind.html
AUSTRALIA: Violence Against Disabled Women is Everybody's Business
www.standard.net.au/story/2469088/violence-against-disabled-women-is-everybodys-business/?cs=72
NEW ZEALAND: Experts Call for More Support for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
www.nz.news.yahoo.com/election/a/-/24654542/experts-call-for-more-support-for-the-intellectually-disabled
WORLD: Parenting Kids with Special Needs
www.familytimes.co.nz/parenting-kids-special-needs/#.U-MsZ6PMZpm
INDIA: Disabled Population in Jammu and Kashmir Higher than All-India Average
www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2014/Aug/6/jk-s-disabled-population-higher-than-all-india-average-71.asp
MALAYSIA: Voice of Persons with Disabilities
www.thestar.com.my/News/Community/2014/08/06/Voice-of-the-disabled-Selfadvocacy-groups-groom-the-challenged-to-live-life-to-the-fullest
WORLD: The Paradox of Looking Good, But Feeling Bad
www.invisibledisabilities.org/educate/invisibleawareness/buttheylooksogood
WORLD: Scuba Diving is Therapy for Man with Autism
www.autismspeaks.org/news/news-item/scuba-diving-therapy-man-autism
INDIA: A Little-Known Government Scheme Could Modernize the World of People with Disabilities
www.scroll.in/article/how-a-revised-government-scheme-could-modernise-the-world-of-people-with-disabilities/?id=673040
WORLD: The Blind Cafe Turns Out the Lights on Seattle Diners
www.seattleweekly.com/food/953904-129/the-blind-cafe-turns-out-the
INDIA: The Long Road Ahead for Sexual and Reproductive Rights of Women with Disabilities (BLOG)
www.tarshi.net/blog/voices-sexual-and-reproductive-rights-of-women-with-disabilities-the-long-road-ahead
WORLD: Famed Architect Michael Graves, in a Wheelchair, Widens His Design Focus
www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/famed-architect-michael-graves-in-a-wheelchair-widens-his-design-focus
WORLD: Lesser-Known Things About Deafness
www.bbc.com/news/blogs-ouch-28658895
JAPAN: A Peek Inside My Son's Head
www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/books/2013/09
AUSTRALIA: Graphic Reader for the Blind
www.theaustralian.com.au/technology/graphic-reader-for-the-blind
PHILIPPINES: NGO Brings Aid to Persons with Hearing Disabilities in South Cotabato
www.news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=1611406874231
INDIA: New Disability Assessment System Flawed
www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/Disability-Assessment-New-System-Flawed
PHILIPPINES: Deaf-Mute Beauty is 2014 Queen of the Philippines
www.digitaledition.philstar.com/articles/2014-08-04/entertainment/deaf-mute-beauty-named-2014-queen-of-the-philippines/65817
WORLD: First Deaf NBA Player Teaches Kids Life Lessons Thru Basketball
www.deseretnews.com/article/865608097/First-deaf-NBA-player-teaches-kids-life-lessons-through-basketball.html?pg=all
AUSTRALIA: Backlash After Radio Presenter Faked Disability (VIDEO)
www.tvnz.co.nz/breakfast-news/backlash-after-radio-presenter-faked-disability-video-6045632
PAKISTAN: Two More Polio Cases Push 2014 Tally to 104
www.disabilitytoday.co.uk/two-more-polio-cases-in-pakistan-push-2014-tally-to-104-the-news-international
CHINA: Former DJ Writes Book About His Experiences Living with Brother with Mental Disability
www.scmp.com/lifestyle/family-education/article/1561207/former-dj-writes-book-about-his-experiences-living
WORLD: 35% of the Wounded in Gaza Suffer Disabilities
www.islamicnewsdaily.com/country/gulf/palestine/35-wounded-gaza-suffer-disabilities
*Some headlines were shortened for readability