Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 21-27 January 2017
THAILAND: BMA Continues Installation of Elevators for Persons with Disabilities at All BTS Stations
www.thainews.prd.go.th
AUSTRALIA: Marita Cheng - The Tech Entrepreneur Making Robots to Help Persons with Disabilities
www.australiaplus.com
MALAYSIA: Build More Accessible, Disabled-Friendly Toilets
www.nst.com.my
WORLD: Google Doodle Honors Pioneering Disability Activist Ed Roberts
www.time.com
LAO PDR: Laos, Singapore Partner in Physiotherapy Education
www.annx.asianews.network
WORLD: Capacity Building - The Game Changer for Disability Inclusion
www.bond.org.uk
WORLD: Compulsions, Anxiety Replace Autism in Some Children
www.spectrumnews.org
PHILIPPINES: After Senior Citizens, Persons with Disabilities Get Free Entry to QC Mall Cinemas
www.newsinfo.inquirer.net
WORLD: What It's Like Being Six Years Old and in a Wheelchair
www.abc.net.au
WORLD: Your Social Justice Events Should Be Accessible (BLOG)
www.meloukhia.net
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Department to Prioritize Disabilty Policy
www.thenational.com.pg
THAILAND: Romantic Relationships Impossible for Women with Disabilities? (Part 2)
www.prachatai.com
CAMBODIA: An IFCD-Project Challenges Preconceived Notions on Disability
www.en.unesco.org
WORLD: Phil Neville's Daughter with Disability Launches Modelling Career
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
WORLD: What Is the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act?
www.truth-out.org
INDIA: Center Says Visually Challenged and Persons with Hearing Disabilities Have to Stand for National Anthem
www.dnaindia.com
PACIFIC: Placing Pacific Women, Including Those with Disabilities, at Forefront of Disaster Planning and Response
www.pasifik.news
AUSTRALIA: Scott Morrison Launches Review of National Disability Insurance Scheme
www.theguardian.com
BANGLADESH: Seeing Beyond Disabilities
www.bd.undp.org
MIDDLE EAST: Dubai Investigates Disabled Center Over Kim Kardashian Visit
www.news1130.com
THAILAND: Father of Daughter with Disability Seeks Donations
www.pattayaone.news
WORLD: Premier League Clubs Criticized in Disabled Access Compliance Report
www.myanmarsun.com
AUSTRALIA: Bangladeshi Teen Faces Imminent Deportation Over Disability
www.sbs.com.au
PAKISTAN: 142 Persons with Disabilities Recruited In Government and Private Departments
www.pakistanpoint.com
FIJI: Help for Brothers with Disabilities
www.fijitimes.com
NEW ZEALAND: Man with Intellectual Disability Detained for a Decade for Smashing Windows
www.radionz.co.nz
WORLD: Old Trafford Capacity Cut as United Increase Disabled Places
www.sg.news.yahoo.com
MALAYSIA: Coconuts Bring Fortune to Man with Disability
www.thestar.com.my
FIJI: First Ever Disabled Database Given to Red Cross
www.ww.w.worldurbancampaign.org
NEPAL: Mainstreaming Disability
www.myrepublica.com
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