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BATU PAHAT, April 14: A chance meeting with a transvestite at Dataran Penggaram here marked the beginning of a hellish month for a intellectually disabled teenage girl.
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April 14: Disability access to public institutions will be improved, according to Social Affairs Minister Salim Sayegh.
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Nhan Dan Online, April 14: A special mime show by hearing impaired children of Miracle Mime Club was held at the Republic of Korea Cultural Centre on April 7 as the fourth performance of the weekly performance series ‘Art Corner in Wednesday Afternoon...
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April 13: A porn magazine has been launched for blind people - with saucy Braille and raised pictures of nudes. The book was designed by Lisa Murphy and is called 'Tactile Minds'.
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HAI PHONG, April 13: The media in Viet Nam has sometimes misrepresented people with disabilities, and journalists need to better equip themselves with an understanding of the challenges disabled people face.
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Nhan Dan, April 13: The Party and State always pay great care to disabled people and orphans, said Vice President Nguyen Thi Doan at the meeting to honour outstanding disabled people, orphans and patrons in Hanoi yesterday.
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April 13: Decrying alleged widespread discrimination against them, leaders of organizations representing persons with disabilities (PWDs) will stage a big indignation rally against a Commission on Election (Comelec) decision barring them from the party-li...
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SEREMBAN, April 12: Twenty-two-year-old S. Avinesh Singh’s looks belie his age. The youth with Russell-Silver Syndrome (growth disorder) barely weighs 25kg and is less than a metre tall.
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ISLAMABAD, April 10: Pakistan and Afghanistan launched a joint strategy on Friday to stop transmission of polio virus through people frequently crossing the porous border.
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Hong Kong, April 09: Hong Kong is way behind developed countries when it comes to preventing discrimination against disabled people in the workplace.So says Equal Opportunities Commission chairman Lam Woon-kwong, who took the helm two months ago.
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VietNamNet Bridge, April 8: The nation has been urged to give more priority to women, children, elderly and disabled people, including those with intellectual disability, in social welfare policies to ensure social equality.
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April 08: Smoking may increase the risk of multiple sclerosis in people who have other risk factors for the neurological disorder, researchers said on April 7.
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HA NOI, April 08: Millions of disabled people are being forced to violate traffic rules because the officials are unable to provide them with driving licences, according to Vu Manh Hung, chairman of the Association of Disabled People of Ha Noi.
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JEDDAH, April 08: The majority of schools in Riyadh lack the facilities to improve the mobility of physically disabled students, a study has revealed.
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LAHORE, April 08: Punjab Chief Minister Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has said welfare and rehabilitation of disabled persons is the collective responsibility of the government, and the society and keeping this fact in view a state-of-the-art centre for the r...
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April 7: When someone is visually impaired and loves literature, it is often a daunting endeavour to read the books by the authors they love, or to discover new authors. When someone is near sighted, blind or has dyslexia it is tremendously difficult to r...
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Egypt, April 6: Dozens of people with physical disabilities have been camping outside the Egyptian parliament for more than 50 days, trying to pressure officials into granting them basic rights such as jobs, housing and the chance to start a business.
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April 6: Leading mobile operator, Zain Nigeria has partnered with Challenge Your Disability Initiative (CYDI), a non-profit organization based in Bauchi, to empower Nigerians with various forms of disabilities to become self- sustainable and financially i...
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April 5: The Cairo-based Al Nour Wal Amal (Light & Hope) orchestra comprising 38 visually-impaired women musicians will enthral listeners with the music of Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and other classical composers.
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The Australian Government have announced their plan to adhere with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0. All Government websites will require Level A compliance by 2012, and Double A by 2015. The new standard replaces replaces WCAG 1.0, which was ...
