Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 23-29 July 2016
SINGAPORE: Dignity Kitchen is Singapore’s First Hawker Training School for Persons with Disabilities and the Disadvantaged
www.dignitykitchen.sg
PHILIPPINES: DSWD Releases P5 Billion for Senior Citizens
www.philstar.com
KAZAKHSTAN: Over 40% of Certified Facilities Adapted to the Needs of Persons with Disabilities
www.kazpravda.kz
WORLD: Guide to Change Perception of Disability at Paralympics
www.kent.ac.uk
SRI LANKA: Media Briefing to Notify the Progress on Matters of Soldiers with Disabilities
www.defence.lk
MALAYSIA: Starbucks Opening Café Staffed by Deaf Baristas
www.foxnews.com
INDONESIA: Maybank Helps Persons with Disabilities Increase Income
www.thejakartapost.com
WORLD: 7 Ways to Prevent Aggressive Behaviors in Students with Autism
www.trishakatkin.com
WORLD: Twenty 5-Minute Speech Therapy Activities You Can Do at Home
www.home-speech-home.com
HONGKONG: Hong Kong Police May Issue Special Cards to Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities After Arrest Blunder
www.scmp.com
NEW ZEALAND: Second Round of Consultation for New Disability Strategy
www.scoop.co.nz
SINGAPORE: Raising Employability and Empowerment for People with Disabilities at E2 Connect 2016
www.ida.gov.sg
WORLD: Dysgraphia - Signs of Sloppy Handwriting Could Mean More than Poor Fine Motor Development
www.ilslearningcorner.com
WORLD: Making the Inclusive Classroom a Reality
www.thotsntots.com
CAMBODIA: Music Video to ‘Shake Off’ Perception of Disabilities
www.khmertimeskh.com
MYANMAR: Civil Society to Draw Up Policy Guidelines for Persons with Disabilities
www.myitmakhamedia.info
SINGAPORE: 'Better Life by Design: Designing for People with Disabilities' Set 16-18 August 2016
www.designsingapore.org
WORLD: Cerebral Palsy Involves a Brain Injury
www.cerebralpalsy.org
WORLD: Second Disability Pride Attracts Thousands in New York
www.riglobal.org
JAPAN: Care Home Massacre Probed as Mercy Killing
www.japantimes.co.jp
WORLD: We Need to Reject the Idea That Disability Equates to Misery
www.huffingtonpost.com.au
PHILIPPINES: ARMM Celebrates 38th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week
www.mindanaoexaminer.com
PHILIPPINES: Handicapable Painters Depict SDGs in Disability Week Exhibit (PHOTOS)
www.unicmanila.org
SINGAPORE: Six Voluntary Welfare Organizations Get Grants to Tap IT Aids for Those with Disabilities
www.hrinasia.com
AUSTRALIA: Disability Sector Struggling to Attract Young People, Tasmanian Providers Say
www.abc.net.au
MALAYSIA: Malaysia Introduces New Rights for Air Travelers with Disabilities
www.globalaccessibilitynews.com
SINGAPORE: New BCA Rules for Building Owners to Improve Accessibility for Less Mobile Persons
www.todayonline.com
WORLD: Study Shows Lack of Opportunity for Actors with Disabilities
www.latimes.com
MALAYSIA: Tough Life for Persons with Disabilities in Rawang
www.malaysiaretailnews.blogspot.com
INDONESIA: Fiji Visits Give Indonesian Delegation Insight
www.fijitimes.com
INDIA: Railway Stations Lack Sanitation, Not Disabled-Friendly
www.thestatesman.com
NEW ZEALAND: Men with Disabilities Were 'Warehoused' by Government - Lawyer
www.radionz.co.nz
SRI LANKA: Compensation for Deceased or Disabled Migrant Workers
www.news.lk
CAMBODIA: A New Era Unfolds for Artisan with Disability (VIDEO)
www.hinrichfoundation.com
SRI LANKA: Sri Lankan Mother with Disability Provides for Daughter Despite Food Shortage
www.foodgrainsbank.ca
FIJI: Disability Empowerment Project for Young Fijian Women Breaks New Ground
www.abc.net.au
NEPAL: Disability-Friendly Jorpati Treats Persons with Disabilities Well
www.nepalitimes.com
PAKISTAN: Sialkot’s Adventurer with Disability (VIDEO)
www.samaa.tv
JAPAN: Trying to Write ‘Reasonably’ About Disability in Japan (BLOG)
www.thelimpingphilosopher.wordpress.com
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