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Chandigarh: Dec 25: India’s fight against polio has started showing results with only 41 cases having been detected in the country this year. Experts involved with the polio eradication campaign in India are hopeful the country will the league of poli...
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Dec 25: Imagine this: A wheelchair athlete, stranded at an international airport at 2 am, all by herself with absolutely no assistance, no money. Even worse — no ticket to travel back home.
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Japan, Dec 23: A Japanese airline is introducing bamboo wheelchairs at airports in order to make it easier for users to pass through metal security detectors.
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China, Dec 21: Based on achievements during the past five years, people with disabilities in China will have greater access to education and employment during the 12th Five-Year Plan period (2011-15), said Wang Naikun, Executive Vice President of the Ch...
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Taipei, Dec. 21: A blind girl from Taichung who loves to read was honored Monday by the Ministry of Education as one of Taiwan's most avid visually impaired readers.
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SINGAPORE, Dec 21: 250 clients from low-income families at the Society for the Physically Disabled (SPD) have more reason to cheer this Christmas!
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia, Dec 20: Four disabled men who work for disabled associations in Jeddah complained at an event held on Sunday to mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities that they did not receive invitations to it and only found out abou...
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Taipei, Taiwan, Dec 19: For the first time in Taiwan, an exhibition that featured specially designed home facilities for disabled people is being held in Taipei.
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Jakarta, Indonesia, Dec 17: As form of its attention to disabled people, Jakarta capital city government plans to implement local regulations on building facilities and accessibility for disabled people, including the sanctions for the violators. At pre...
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Dec 18: On a hot summer day 13 years ago, Huang Chun-nan hoped to take his son to the Taipei Zoo by bus. For most city residents it would have been a straightforward task, but for Huang, who has been a wheelchair user since childhood, the outing turned ...
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Dec 17: I LAUD the efforts of the Malaysian Bar Council to have stricter laws for facilities for disabled persons in public buildings and properties.
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Dec 17: Many people with disabilities in Britain find it hard to access medical services such as hospitals and general practices, according to a new survey.
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DAMMAM, Dec 16: A group of Saudi language educators has set up the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Association of Language Teachers (KSAALT) to promote and support language instruction across the country.
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Dec 16: Scientists at the University of Leeds are joining the global fight to eradicate polio by developing a new type of vaccine that can trick the body to develop immunity against the disease.
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RIYADH, Dec 16: The sixth meeting of the founders of Prince Salman Center for Disability Research (PSCDR) was held at Al-Emran House in Riyadh and decided to institute a prize for disability research and launch a program for children having learning dis...
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Dec 15: Ministers plan to stop paying out cash to help more than 21,000 severely disabled people live in their own homes.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 15: While participating in this year's Interagency Disability Educational Awareness Showcase (IDEAS) conference, CourseAvenue today announced the winners of the 2010 Accessible eLearning Leadership Awards.
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MARYSVILLE, US, Dec 15: The Marysville Library has a new laptop for those who have difficulty reading the text on computer monitors.
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Doha, Dec 14: The Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology (ictQATAR) has started a programme that focuses on the study of the ‘Internet and Society,’ Qatar Foundation’s first Annual Research Forum was told yesterday.
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Dec 14: The Free Art and Technology (F.A.T.) decided to come up with something interesting for the Cinekid festival and the result was a device that allowed kids to write their names with their eyes for printing by a robot arm.
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