Empowerment Cafe Weekly Bulletin 7-13 May 2016
AUSTRALIA: NDIS to Double Disability Services Workforce in Queensland
www.probonoaustralia.com.au
INDIA: Supreme Court Orders SpiceJet to Pay Rs 10 Lakh to Passenger with Disability
www.indiatoday.intoday.in
MIDDLE EAST: Few Jobs for Women, Persons with Disabilities
www.arabnews.com
WORLD: Disabled Playwright and Actress Sued British Airways and London Airport for Damaging Wheelchair
www.lawyerherald.com
WORLD: See What a Kid with Autism Sees for 90 Eye-Opening Seconds
www.upworthy.com
CHINA: Trying to Lip Read in China
www.bbc.com
NEW ZEALAND: A Meter Tall, But Living Large (VIDEO)
www.nzherald.co.nz
SINGAPORE: Para-Swimmer Yip Pin Xiu Sets 2nd World Record at European Games
www.24h.bestthenews.com
MALAYSIA: Policy for Persons with Disabilities
www.jkm.gov.my
AUSTRALIA: Ad Campaign for $22 Billion Disability Reform Scrapped Ahead of Launch
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WORLD: Understanding the Spectrum
www.theoraah.tumblr.com
MIDDLE EAST: Gaza's First Teacher with Down's Syndrome Thrives in the Classroom
www.albawaba.com
MALAYSIA: Cost Of Autism - Raising a Child with Autism in Malaysia
www.imoney.my
WORLD: ‘Job Olympics' Prove Students with Disabilities Ready to Work
www.kshb.com
INDIA: Online Voting for Persons with Disabilities Can Be Tried Out
www.newindianexpress.com
JAPAN: Media Show Kumamoto was Woefully Ill-Prepared for Evacuees with Disabilities
www.japantimes.co.jp
SINGAPORE: “Employer Discrimination is a Poison”- MP
www.hrdmag.com.sg
INDIA: Can India Accept a Rockstar with Disability?
www.mid-day.com
WORLD: Wheelchair Burlesque to Strip Down Stigma, Sex Up Disability
www.chroniclejournal.com
WORLD: How Growing Up Hard of Hearing Led Me to the Career I Never Knew I Wanted
www.elitedaily.com
THAILAND: Draft Constitution - Devoid of Disability Rights
www.prachatai.com
SINGAPORE: Living with Disabilities That are Not Visible
www.straitstimes.com
MYNAMAR: Landmines - Myanmar's Hidden Menace
www.karennews.org
WORLD: Accessible Clothing Introduces Diversity in Fashion for Persons with Disabilities
www.cbc.ca
WORLD: 90+ Heavy Work Activities & Chores for Kids as a Solution to Aggression
www.otconnections.aota.org
WORLD: DAISY Consortium - Working to Ensure that Every Book is Accessible
www.google.org
AUSTRALIA: NDIS to Create 20,000 Jobs in Queensland
www.24h.bestthenews.com
BANGLADESH: Disability Inclusion in the Furniture Sector in Bangladesh
www.newagebd.net
AFGHANISTAN: Artistically-Abled Girl Overcomes Disability with Paintings
www.en.gmw.cn
MALAYSIA: Rexona Partners with Electric Run to Raise Cash Donation of Rm100,000 for 5 Disability Charities
www.runwitme.blogspot.com
WORLD: New Hope for Spinal Cord Injuries
www.sciencedaily.com
NEW ZEALAND: Persons with Disabilities Enjoy Thrill of the Surf (PHOTOS)
www.nzherald.co.nz
MALAYSIA: Disability Did Not Blind Him to Opportunity
www.dailyexpress.com.my
NEW ZEALAND: Yet Another Patch Job for Children with Disabilities
www.scoop.co.nz
WORLD: Mother Arrested for Not Bringing Son with Special Needs to School
www.azfamily.com
BRUNEI: JPD Looking for Driving Schools for Disabled Community
www.bt.com.bn
MALAYSIA: Paving Ways for Persons with Disabilities
www.thestar.com.my
SINGAPORE: Para-Sport Included in National Games
www.news.asiaone.com
VIETNAM: 'In the Water I Feel Powerful' (VIDEO)
www.bbc.com
WORLD: Former Port Authority Cop Receives $108,000 Plus Tax-Free Disability Pension While Training Aspiring Cops
www.nydailynews.com
INDIA: India to Probe Deaths of Children with Disabilities at Home
www.newsofbahrain.com
WORLD: 50 Cent Mocks Airport Worker with Apparent Disability
www.dailydot.com
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