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PESHAWAR, Nov 03: As polio cases continue to rise in Pakistan, concern is growing among health experts that the battle against the virus may have run into serious trouble.
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Nov 03: The Government is committed to providing early identification, assessment and treatment for autistic children to ensure that they receive appropriate care and support during their development, the Secretary for Labour and Welfare, Mr Matthew Che...
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Nov 03: Miikka is a blind person. He is one of over 15 million people across the world with genetic disorders that rob them of their sight as they grow older.
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Nov 03: An advocacy group for blind people has sued United Airlines, arguing that the carrier's airport kiosks use touchscreen technology that cannot be used by blind passengers.
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EDMONTON, Canada, Nov 02: Researchers at the University of Alberta are striving to help students with disabilities such as cerebral palsy with the aid of robots.
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KATHMANDU, Nov 01: Experts have recommended that all visually-impaired children across the country should be brought into the mainstream of education.
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THUA THIEN-HUE, Vietnam, Nov 01: An exhibition of lacquer paintings done by children with intellectual disability has opened in Hue City.
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Tokyo, Japan, Oct 31: About 10,000 disabled people rallied in Tokyo's Hibiya on Oct. 29, calling for new support measures.
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Jaipur, India, Oct 31: The state government has decided to soon embark on the first- of- its-kind disabled persons' survey. It will try to identify and estimate all categories of differently-abled people in the state so as to help them take benefits of ...
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Oct 30: Thirty nine year-old sportsman, Sergei Shilov, from Pskov has taken part in 10 Para-Olympic Games, including 5 Summer Games, where he performed as a wheel-chair runner, and 5 Winter Games, where he took part in the ski races – also in a wheel-...
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ISLAMABAD, Oct 30: World Health Organisation (WHO) Director General Dr Margaret Chan has said that the organisation will continue its support to boost polio eradication efforts in Pakistan.
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Taipei, Oct. 29 President Ma Ying-jeou vowed Friday to help a 12-year-old wheelchair-user girl make her dream come true by improving the country's barrier-free facilities.
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Oct 29: "Once I had learned to write with my feet, I knew I could take on anything," says Huang Yangguang, who at the age of five lost both arms in an accident involving high voltage electrical wires near the family orchard in Guangxi province...
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CHICAGO, USA, Oct 29: For the next three days, the Assistive Technology Industry Association will hold their second annual exhibit of top products available for people with disabilities at the Renaissance Schaumburg Hotel and Convention Center.
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Oct 29: Social Welfare Minister Enamul Haque on Thursday said the disability law will be made time befitting through amendment for ensuring rights of persons with disability.
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EDMONTON, Oct 29: While other children received hands-on experience in the classroom, Chelsea Hagan used to have to sit and watch. The 14-year-old has athetoid cerebral palsy, which causes slow, involuntary writhing of the muscles.
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NEW DELHI, India, Oct 28: History was created in the Army on Oct. 27 when a wheelchair- user officer was promoted to the rank of a Major General.
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Oct 28: Up until the beginning of the twentieth century, the island of Martha’s Vineyard, off the east coast of the USA, had twenty times more Deaf person for its population size than the rest of the country.
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Oct 27: A new study suggests that people who are blind from birth are able to detect tactile information faster than people with normal vision.
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Oct. 26: A new bivalent oral vaccine that targets two deadly strains of polio -- types 1 and 3 -- triggers a stronger immune response than the existing trivalent vaccine and an immune response that's similar to monovalent vaccines, a new study shows.
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