Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 21-27 January 2017

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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