Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 7-13 March 2015
THAILAND: Blind Children Defy ‘Bad Karma’ to Play in Thai Orchestra
www.arynews.tv/en
MALAYSIA: Fine Tuning Transport for Persons with Disabilities
www.themalaysianinsider.com/opinion
WORLD: #TheDress Reveals Something Pretty Profound About Autism
www.buzzfeed.com/virginiahughes
THAILAND: Mother-Daughter Cycling Up a Storm Through Thailand to Help Persons with Disabilities
www.samuitimes.com/mckinnon
PACIFIC: Pacific Disability Forum Calls for Mainstreaming of Girls and Women with Disabilities
www.news.pngfacts.com/2015
BHUTAN: Training Center and Hostels for Children, Youth with Disabilities Get Japanese Grant
www.kuenselonline.com
INDIA: Activist with Disability Claims Restaurant Denied Entry
www.indianexpress.com/article
WORLD: Training Aims to Tackle Autism Knowledge Gap Among Doctors
www.disabilityscoop.com/2015
SOUTH KOREA: Abandoned Babies, Including Those with Disabilities, Find Hope in an Unusual Place
www.townhall.com/tipsheet
LAO PDR: UXO Clearance Workers Laid Off
www.vientianetimes.org.la
WORLD: Asperger’s Student Leads Female Autism Study
www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk/news
WORLD: Include Women, Girls With Disabilities in Anti-Violence Efforts
www.hrw.org/news/2015
FIJI: Equality for Girls, Women with Disabilities
www.fijitimes.com/story
CAMBODIA: Pioneer in Teaching Pupils with Visual Disability Shortlisted for Global Teacher Prize
www.lightfortheworld.nl/en/news
WORLD: Promoting Disability Pride (PODCAST)
www.april-rural.org/index.php
NEW ZEALAND: Trial to Help More Persons with Disabilities Into Work
www.scoop.co.nz/stories
MALAYSIA: Don't Look Down on the Disabled, Please
www.rakyattimes.com/index.php/columnist
WORLD: Expo Integrates Persons with Disabilities
www.tylerpaper.com/TP-News
HONGKONG: 3 out of 10 Disabled Live in Poverty - Study
www.hongkong.coconuts.co/2015
WORLD: Stop Cops from Killing Persons with Disabilities
www.workers.org/articles/2015
TAIWAN: 1,000 Restaurants in Taiwan Cities Recognized as Disabled-Friendly
www.wantchinatimes.com/news
MALAYSIA: Child with Disability to Get Mechanical Hand (VIDEO)
www.therakyatpost.com/news/2015
HONGKONG: Dismissing Hong Kong's Disability Taboo
www.edition.cnn.com/2015
WORLD: Disabled, But Active, Vietnam Veteran Gets All-Terrain Wheelchair (VIDEO)
www.news.yahoo.com/disabled
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