Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 20-26 February 2016
INDIA: Railways Should Be Made Disabled-Friendly, Says NGO
JAPAN: Japanese Firm Develops Spoken Word Display Technology
www.thejapannews.net
WORLD: Smartphones, YouTube Can Help Persons with Intellectual Disability
www.siasat.com
UZBEKISTAN: Ministry of Labour and Social Protection No Longer Exists
www.ut.uz/en/opinion
WORLD: Tommy Hilfiger Launches Clothing Line for Children with Disabilities
www.us.fashionmag.com
BANGLADESH: Address Disability Seriously (EDITORIAL)
www.theindependentbd.com
LAO PDR: Somphet's Ability to Advocate for Disabled Community
www.laos.savethechildren.net
PHILIPPINES: PhilHealth Expands Benefits for Persons with Disabilities
www.philstar.com
WORLD: Connecting Employers with Jobseekers with Disabilities is Vital
www.nj.com
WORLD: Autism's Lost Generation
www.theatlantic.com
KAZAKHSTAN: Over 4,400 Persons with Disabilities Participated in Employment Roadmap 2020 Program in 2015
www.primeminister.kz
WORLD: Disabled Czechs Get New Lease on Sex Life
www.thephuketnews.com
CAMBODIA: Pilot Project for Persons with Disabilities in Pailin to Spread
www.khmertimeskh.com
WORLD: Creating an Autism-Friendly University
www.independent.ie
WORLD: Marriott Opens ‘Hotel School’ to Teach Persons with Disabilities Valuable Job Skills
www.simplemost.com
JAPAN: Firms Increasingly Eager to Hire Athletes with Disabilities as Interest in Tokyo Paralympics Rise
www.the-japan-news.com
SINGAPORE: Technology Enables Persons with Disabilities (VIDEO)
www.english.cntv.cn
WORLD: Vulnerable Persons with Disabilities 'Kept in Asylums Despite Community Care Pledge'
www.independent.co.uk
CAMBODIA: Wheelchair Accessible Tuk-Tuk Debuts
www.phnompenhpost.com
VIETNAM: Debilitating Legacy of US Chemical Warfare in Vietnam
www.abc.net.au
WORLD: Twin Brothers with Autism are Heart and Soul of This Basketball Team
www.autismspeaks.org
PHILIPPINES: Persons with Disabilities Welcome PWD-Friendly Bus (VIDEO)
www.cnnphilippines.com
WORLD: Breakthrough Smart Watch Converts Text and Email into Braille
www.goodnewsnetwork.org
WORLD: Understanding Invisible Disabilities
www.edutopia.org
THAILAND: Empowering Thailand's 70 Million Lives, Including Persons with Disabilities
www.news.microsoft.com
FIJI: Blind Community Hopes to Benefit from Community Rehab Scheme (PODCAST)
www.abc.net.au
INDIA: Persons with Disabilities Call off Strike
www.newindianexpress.com
WORLD: Siblings of Children with Special Needs
www.twominuteparenting.com
WORLD: How Can We Improve Careers Guidance for Children and Young Persons with Special Educational Need and Disabilities, Including Autism?
www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk
BRUNEI: ‘Make Inclusive Design Compulsory’
www.bt.com.bn
WORLD: An App Meant to Help a Man's Son with Autism Saved Another Child's Life
www.upworthy.com
SINGAPORE: MP Tests Disabled-Friendly Temporary Bus Interchange in Wheelchair
www.thestar.com.my
LAO PDR: Knowledge Helps Children with Disabilities Grow in Laos
www.catholicweekly.com.au
AUSTRALIA: Blind Tenpin Bowler Up for the Challenge of National Competition
www.abc.net.au
CAMBODIA: NGO Transfers Schools for Blind, Deaf to Government
www.cambodiadaily.com
MIDDLE EAST: Israeli Officer Filmed Pushing Palestinian with Disability
www.aljazeera.com
VIETNAM: Mothers of Children with Disabilities
www.en.qdnd.vn
LAO PDR: Facts on Disability in Lao PDR
www.ldpa.org.la
