Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 23-29 April 2016

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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