Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 24-30 September 2016

Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 24-30 September 2016

THAILAND: PM Touts ‘Universal Design’ Policy
www.nationmultimedia.com
MYANMAR: The First Analysis on Children with Disabilities in Myanmar Launched
www.mizzima.com

SRI LANKA: Lifeline of Opportunities and Hope for Children with Disabilities Through Project Ayati
www.ft.lk

WORLD: A Year Later, How Microsoft’s Jobs Program for Persons with Autism is Working
www.geekwire.com

WORLD: Why I'm Talking About Sex and Intimacy as a Special Needs Mom  
www.wonderbaby.org

AUSTRALIA: Tasmanian Council Leaders Challenged to Tour Their Towns in Wheelchairs 
www.abc.net.au

PHILIPPINES: Special Movie Screening for the Blind and Deaf
www.thestandard.com.ph

THAILAND: World Tourism Organization Urges Greater Accessibility for Persons with Disabilities
www.efe.com

THAILAND: Tourism for All Pledge
www.ttrweekly.com

WORLD: Accessible Tourism Will Benefit Everyone, Say Senior UN Officials on World Day
www.un.org

WORLD: Universal Accessibility Rises on Travel Radar
www.ttrweekly.com

VIETNAM: Contest to Make Public Facilities Accessible to Persons with Disabilities
www.vietnamnews.vn

INDIA: How One Bangalore Based Organization is Working Tirelessly to Provide Blind Students with Braille Books
www.thebetterindia.com

MYANMAR: Myanmar Urged to Help Persons with Disabilities More Efficiently
www.en.apdnews.com

WORLD: Children with Autism Find Surfing Peaceful and Therapeutic
www.parentherald.com

WORLD: What I Want Future Teachers to Know About Students with Disabilities
www.wordsiwheelby.com

FIJI: Disability Empowerment Skills Exchange in Fiji
www.dfat.gov.au

NEW ZEALAND: Candidate with Disability Not Fit for Job, Councilor Says  
www.radionz.co.nz

WORLD: How My Brother on the Spectrum Inspired my Miss America Platform (VIDEO) 
www.autismspeaks.org

WORLD: London's First College for Adults with Autism Opens in Tottenham and Isleworth
www.standard.co.uk

CHINA: Areas of Disability Prevention the First State Level Planning Controling Birth
www.hubgold.com

KAZAKHSTAN: Stories from the Lives of Persons with Disabilities in Kostanay City  
www.kz.undp.org

VANUATU: Supporting Self-Employment for Persons with Disabilities in Vanuatu
www.ilo.org

SINGAPORE: SkillsFuture Awards Open to Persons with Disabilities
www.straitstimes.com

WORLD: Richmond Autism Center Offers 'Lifespan' Services; More Facilities on the Way
www.cbc.ca

PHILIPPINES: Persons with Disabilities Pin Hopes on Online Job Matchmaker
www.verafiles.org

CAMBODIA: Journalist Hasn’t Let Disability Stand in His Way 
www.phnompenhpost.com

NEPAL: Persons with Disabilities Have Poor Access to Health Services (REPORT)  
www.myrepublica.com

LAO PDR: Funding Needed to Improve Lives of Persons with Disabilities
www.laotiantimes.com

VIETNAM: Persons with Disabilities Need Better Access to Social Security 
www.cubird.com

INDIA: Swedish Exhibition on Life with Disability and Design for Dignity Comes to Mumbai 
www.swedenabroad.com

JAPAN: Japan Confronts Disability Stigma After Silence Over Murder Victims’ Names (VIDEO)
www.reuters.com

MYANMAR: Special Leadership Training for Persons with Disabilities
www.myanmarinternationaltv.com

MALAYSIA: Mohamad Ridzuan was Born with a Disability But Now Standing Tall in the Eyes of the World
www.malaysiandigest.com

INDONESIA: Inclusion of Children with Disabilities in Education (REPORTS)
www.sydney.edu.au

NEW ZEALAND: Making It Work for Persons with Disabilities
www.scoop.co.nz

JAPAN: Afterschool Workshops Empower Children with Disabilities Drawn to Art
www.kyodonews.net

CHINA: Versatile Woman Lives Colorful Life Despite Disability
www.womenofchina.cn

WORLD: Novartis Says MS Drug Cut Risk of Disability Advance in Study
www.aktk.in

AFGHANISTAN: Women with Disabilities Hold on to Dream of Being a Teacher
www.tolonews.com

IRAN: Visiting Wounded War Veteran with 70% Disability (PHOTOS)
www.president.ir

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