Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 23-29 April 2016
JAPAN: Mutations in PIGG Behind Certain Intellectual Disabilities
www.asianscientist.com
NEW ZEALAND: NZ Health Strategy to Improve Lives of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
www.maoritelevision.com
AUSTRALIA: Labor to Bring Back Disability Commissioner
www.skynews.com.au
WORLD: Sex Ed and Your Child with Special Needs (A Practical Guide for Parents)
www.twominuteparenting.com
WORLD: 1 in 6 Employees Will Be LGBT or Disabled by 2020, BBC Vows
www.vadamagazine.com
INDIA: Government to Undertake Disability Audit of Public Buildings in NCR
www.thehindu.com
INDIA: Amity University Signs MoU with Special Olympics to Promote Persons with Intellectual Disability
www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com
INDIA: India Accounts for 60% of New Leprosy Cases Worldwide
www.ibtimes.co.in
WORLD: Apple's New Tear-Jerking Ad Shows Boy with Autism Using an iPad to Speak
www.businessinsider.com
VIETNAM: Overview of USAID's 2015-2020 Disability Programs in Vietnam (VIDEO)
www.usaid.gov
MIDDLE EAST: Disabled Junior Sports Team Detained by Israeli Army at Gaza Crossing
www.cambodiantimes.com
WORLD: Virtual Google Tour Helps Kids with Autism Check Out Hospital Before They Visit
www.themighty.com
WORLD: Study Pegs Cost of Services for Autism’s Growing Adult Population
www.autismspeaks.org
MALAYSIA: Rights and Opportunities for Every Child
www.unicef.org
WORLD: Diabetes Steals Years, Adds Disabilities
www.nlm.nih.gov
AUSTRALIA: Broken Hill Council Offloads Disability Care Services, Saying It Can't Compete Under NDIS
www.abc.net.au
JAPAN: Improved System Needed to Assist Persons with Disabilities in Disasters (EDITORIAL)
www.asahi.com
MALAYSIA: Teaching Swimmers with Disabilities
www.msta.org.my
NEW ZEALAND: Building a New Disability Strategy for New Zealand
www.livenews.co.nz
INDIA: India Gains Prominence in Global Disability Dialogue
www.indiainfoline.com
VIETNAM: Fashion Show Discovers the Beauty of Persons with Disabilities
www.vietnambreakingnews.com
INDIA: Bringing Tech to the Door of the Disabled
www.nyoooz.com
THAILAND: Aussie Phuket Expats to Hold Fundraiser for Patong Street Vendor with Disability
www.thaivisa.com
NEW ZEALAND: Children with Disabilities Missing Out as Education Funding Falls Short
www.radionz.co.nz
PAKISTAN: Pakistan Introduces Award with Focus on Apps for Persons with Disabilities
www.pakwatan.com
INDIA: Universities Do Little to Enable Persons with Disabilities
www.stripes.com
PHILIPPINES: Bocelli to Musicians with Disability - Transform Limitations to Opportunities
www.philstar.com
LAO PDR: First Ever Charity Fashion Show for Women with Disabilities (VIDEO)
www.youtube.com
VIETNAM: Craft Training Helps Persons with Disabilities
www.vietnamnews.vn
WORLD: Committee on Rights of Persons with Disabilities Publishes Findings on Portugal, Thailand, Chile, Slovakia, Serbia, Lithuania and Uganda
www.ohchr.org
THAILAND: Bus Driver and Conductor Fined for Being Rude to Passenger with Disability
www.englishnews.thaipbs.or.th
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