Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 5-11 March 2016
JAPAN: Farmers with Disabilities to Get Boost from Government Plan Aimed at Regional Job Creation, Raising Wages
www.the-japan-news.com
INDONESIA: Women with Disabilities for Disaster Risk Reduction
www.asbindonesia.org
INDIA: Disability in India a Lot More Stuck Than in the Rest of the World
www.health.economictimes.indiatimes.com
WORLD: What Is Mental Illness?
www.psychiatry.org
WORLD: 7 Myths We Need to Stop Believing About Medicating Mental Illness
www.themighty.com
JAPAN: Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami and Persons with Disabilities
www.accessible-japan.com
AUSTRALIA: No Disadvantage for West Australians with Disability
www.everyaustraliancounts.com.au
NEPAL: Minister Intervenes in Disabled People’s Trust
www.kathmandupost.ekantipur.com
WORLD: Dos and Don'ts for Responding to Challenging Behavior
www.autismclassroomresources.com
WORLD: Film About a Woman with Autism's Search for Love Coming to Theaters
www.themighty.com
WORLD: Cloud Computing Can Assist Workers with Disabilities, NIST Reports
www.nist.gov
SINGAPORE: Deaf Millennia Institute Student Did Not Let Disability Defeat Him
www.tnp.sg
JAPAN: Cafes Run by Persons with Visual, Hearing Disabilities Set Models for Employment (PHOTOS)
www.english.kyodonews.jp
MIDDLE EAST: Qatar Ensures Equal Participation of Persons with Disabilities in All Public Affairs
www.gulf-times.com
WORLD: How Assistive Tech Changes Lives of Persons with Autism
www.theguardian.com
WORLD: Speed of Autism Diagnosis Must Improve, Experts Say
www.autism.viralpure.com
AUSTRALIA: Funding Extension for Disability Advocacy
www.probonoaustralia.com.au
AUSTRALIA: Criticism as £30-a-Week Disability Benefit Cuts Go Ahead
www.bbc.com
JAPAN: Aging, Indebted Japan Debates Right to 'Die with Dignity'
www.newsdaily.com
WORLD: 'My Bike' Program Gives Adaptive Bikes to Kids with Disabilities
www.yorkdispatch.com
TURKEY: Istanbul Book Fair Aims to Raise Awareness on Disability
www.worldbulletin.net
WORLD: Best Buddies Aims to Foster Friendships Between Students, Persons with Disabilities
www.lsunow.com
WORLD: Don’t You Wish You Could Read Lips
www.health24.com
AUSTRALIA: Australian Cross Disability Alliance says ‘Hands off the NDIS’
www.crossdisabilityalliance.org.au
WORLD: The Importance of Disability Insurance
www.canadaam.ctvnews.ca
SINGAPORE: Hope for Increased Usage of Disability-Friendly Terms in Publications
www.offbeatperspectives.wordpress.com
WORLD: Following Sundance Win, Autism Documentary to Hit Theaters
www.disabilityscoop.com
WORLD: Employ Autism
www.ambitiousaboutautism.org.uk
WORLD: “Who Can Save Me?” - Domestic Violence and Disability
www.hrw.org
NEW ZEALAND: TV Personality "Wouldn't Change Anything" About Her Son with Disability
www./home.nzcity.co.nz
MALAYSIA: Nottingham Charity Run 2016 - Step Up for Those Who Can’t
www.runsociety.com
NEW ZEALAND: $40,000 'OGO' is a Wheelchair Crossed with a Segway
www.singaporenews.sg
AUSTRALIA: Bendigo Disability Workers Feel Betrayed, Rally in Support of State-Run Services
www.abc.net.au
NEW ZEALAND: Assistance Dogs Helping Persons with Disabilities
www.insitemagazine.co.nz
INDIA: Sports Meet Held for the Disabled on Ground That’s Not Barrier-free
www.newindianexpress.com
BANGLADESH: 'Sport Relief' Report on How Donations Help Persons with Disabilities (VIDEO)
www.youtube.com
WORLD: Children with Disabilities to Be Accommodated in Mainstream Schools by 2021?
www.news24.com
JAPAN: Man Creates a Glorious Garden of Scented Flowers to Make His Blind Wife Smile Again
www.en.rocketnews24.com
SINGAPORE: Elderly Couple Worry About Sick and Disabled Daughter's Future - While Already Struggling to Care for Her
www.singaporeseen.stomp.com.sg
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