Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 22-28 October 2016
THAILAND: AICHR Training Program on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
WORLD: Understanding the Shopping Habits of the Consumer with Disabilities
www.nielsen.com
INDONESIA: Transjakarta Reach Out to the Persons with Disabilities, Launch Transjakarta Care
www.en.tempo.co
JAPAN: PCs Empower Kids with Learning Disabilities
www.the-japan-news.com
SOUTHEAST ASIA: ASEAN Launches Social Enterprises Collaborative Projects, Including with Persons with Disabilities
www.en.tempo.co
CHINA: China to Have 42 Million Elderly Persons with Disabilities by 2020
www.english.cri.cn
SOUTH KOREA: Samsung Provides Laundry Trucks for Elderly and Persons with Disabilities
www.koreabizwire.com
AUSTRALIA: New Data Reveals Picture of Disability, Aging and Carers in Australia
www.probonoaustralia.com.au
MALAYSIA: Children Disabled Before Becoming Beggars in Malaysia
www.china.org.cn
AFGHANISTAN: Being Disabled in Afghanistan (VIDEO)
www.video.aljazeera.com
AUSTRALIA: What These Five Startups are Going to Do with the $36 Million They Raised This Week
www.startupsmart.com.au
WORLD: Autism Study Shows Lasting Benefits of Early Interaction
www.nationmultimedia.com
LAO PDR: Indochina Bank Assists Students with Disabilities in Vientiane Province
www.laotiantimes.com
PHILIPPINES: ASEAN Disability Laws Lag Far Behind Daily Realities
www.aseannews.net
SINGAPORE: Performers with Disabilities Shine at Singapore-Japan Event
www.straitstimes.com
SRI LANKA: Concerned Companies Act Against ‘Disability Discrimination’
www.island.lk
WORLD: Funding Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities in Developing Countries
www.globalissues.org
VIETNAM: Innovative Program Held to Benefit Children with Disabilities
www.talkvietnam.com
HONGKONG: Teaching by Native English Speakers Can Benefit Students with Intellectual Disabilities, Say Educators and Parents
www.scmp.com
MALAYSIA: Specialists to Examine Children with Disabilities at RKKC
www.theborneopost.com
WORLD: End Abortion Discrimination Against Disabled - UK Lawmaker with Disability
www.thenewamerican.com
WORLD: When Students Who are Learning English Also Need Services for Learning Disabilities
www.thenotebook.org
VANUATU: Mental Health Team Conducts Ongoing Awareness Campaign
www.dailypost.vu
CAMBODIA: A Little Dancing Changes Minds
www.nationmultimedia.com
MALAYSIA: Welfare Home Accused of Locking Up Residents with Disabilities in ‘Cages’, Denies Wrongdoing
www.todayonline.com
LAO PDR: Team Trainings Build Capacity of Local Partners
www.laos.worlded.org
AUSTRALIA: Concerns Tasmanians on the NDIS Will Be Left Out-of-Pocket When Taxi Subsidy Ends
www.abc.net.au
CAMBODIA: Young Musician Sings On in Spite of Disability
www.tourismcambodia.com
MALAYSIA: Include Persons with Disabilities for a Better Malaysia
www.theborneopost.com
FIJI: Climate Change and Disability
www.fijitimes.com
SINGAPORE: 'My Son’s Autism Breakthrough'
www.smartparents.sg
INDIA: Center Planning Varsity for Sign Language Research, Disability Studies
www.hindustantimes.com
MYANMAR: Persons with Disabilities Gather for White Cane Day
www.mmtimes.com
WORLD: A Run for Children with Disabilities
www.northeasterntribune.co.za
PAKISTAN: Pakistan Team with Disabilities Lift ICC Academy PD T20 Trophy
www.nation.com.pk
AFGHANISTAN: Afghans with Disabilities Receive Treatment at ICRC Orthopedic Center in Kabul
www.news.xinhuanet.com
