Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 23-29 January 2016
PAKISTAN: Pakistan Launches the Incheon Strategy in Urdu
WORLD: Campaigner 'Beyond Happy' as Lego Produces First Disabled Minifigure
www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk
BANGLADESH: Action Urged to Address the Sanitation, Hygiene Needs of Vulnerable Sectors, Including Persons with Disabilities
www.wsscc.org
SINGAPORE: These 7 Women Repair Wheelchairs Every Week for Persons with Disabilities
www.news.asiaone.com
THAILAND: Persons with Disabilities Need Equal Opportunities (EDITORIAL)
www.bangkokpost.com
AUSTRALIA: 8,000 Young People Kicked Off Disability Support Pension (PODCAST)
www.abc.net.au
WORLD: Man Who Designed Snow Plow For His Wheelchair is the Picture of Ingenuity
www.huffingtonpost.com
WORLD: First Line of Dolls with Disabilities Has Already Flown Off the Shelves
www.brightside.me
MALAYSIA: Persons with Disabilities Pray for Better Facilities in Temples
www.thestar.com.my
PAKISTAN: Modern Rehabilitation Center to Be Set Up for Children with Disabilities
www.pakistantoday.com.pk
WORLD: Why One Should Never Say or Write ‘Mentally Ill’
www.vishwagujarat.com
AUSTRALIA: Senate Inquiry Finds 'Disgraceful' Treatment of Schoolchildren with Disabilities
www.smh.com.au
INDIA: ‘Come Forward, Upgrade Skills of Disabled'
www.dailypioneer.com
SINGAPORE: How to Live with Rheumatoid Arthritis
www.sgh.com.sg
INDIA: Eradicating Leprosy is Not a Pipe Dream
www.leprosymission.org.uk
SRI LANKA: Daily News Newspaper Gives Publicity for Persons with Disabilities
www.efcnetworkondisability.employers.lk
INDONESIA: Transjakarta Receives Disabled-Friendly Bus
www.en.tempo.co
THAILAND: Phuket Aussies Unite to Provide Mobility Scooter for Bangla Vendor with Disability
www.phuketgazette.net
WORLD: Monitoring and Evaluation of Disability-Inclusive Development
www.un.org
WORLD: The Tech Giving People Power to Rise Above Disability
www.bbc.com
BANGLADESH: 14,88,008 Persons with Disabilities in the Country
www.thedailynewnation.com
INDONESIA: Empowering Persons with Disabilities in Indonesia
www.sydney.edu.au
WORLD: What 'Making a Murderer' Reveals About the Justice System and Intellectual Disability
www.rollingstone.com
INDIA: Special Faculty Recruitment Drive for Persons with Disability
www.employment-newspapers.in
BANGLADESH: Inclusive Sports Competition for Children with Disabilities Held in Gaibandha
www.observerbd.com
INDIA: Bengaluru Gets A Glimpse of Gen-Next Aids for Persons with Disability (VIDEO)
www.msn.com
WORLD: Israeli Military Utilizing Talents of Young Persons with Autism
www.autismspeaks.org
WORLD: Universal Design for Learning - Meeting the Needs of All Students
www.readingrockets.org
AUSTRALIA: Disability Support Pension While Traveling Outside Australia
www.humanservices.gov.au
INDONESIA: Workers with Disabilities Find Jobs Selling Products, Teaching Others How to Sew and Be Tailors (VIDEO)
www.voanews.com
CAMBODIA: Teaching Blind Children in Cambodia
www.thechronicleofeducation.com
WORLD: HSE Issues Formal Apology to Woman with Disability Over Foster Care Abuse
www.bignewsnetwork.com
CHINA: For a Better Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities in China
www.cn.undp.org
MALAYSIA: Single Father Dependent on Pension to Care for Disabled Parents, Son
www.themalaysianinsider.com
INDONESIA: Craft Skills Give Indonesia's Disabled New Hope
www.thanhniennews.com
WORLD: Aramark Named a Top 50 Employer for Persons with Disabilities
www.aramark.com
INDIA: Southern States Show the Way in Caring for Persons with Disabilities
www.indiaspend.com
WORLD: We Shall Get Rid of Stereotypes About Persons with Disabilities - EU Delegation
www.news.am
BANGLADESH: Having a Disability Pushes People to Do Their Best
www.asianews.it
AUSTRALIA: Parenting with a Disability (VIDEO)
www.tenplay.com.au
NEW ZEALAND: Disabled man says Wellington's Island Bay Cycleway is Putting His Life at Risk (VIDEO)
www.stuff.co.nz
FIJI: Disability Courses at APTC
www.fijisun.com.fj
AUSTRALIA: Perth Disability Justice Center Review Announced by WA Government Amid Lockridge Fears
www.abc.net.au
NEPAL: Septuagenarians, Persons with Disabilities to Get Fuel Without Hassles
www.myrepublica.com
PHILIPPINES: Angels Walk Goes International, Moves Towards Integration of People with Autism
www.smcares.com.ph
THAILAND: DMS to Widen Service for Persons with Disabilities
www.thainews.prd.go.th
