July 14: Young Catholics have vowed to help disabled people following a visit from an Italian cyclist during the Bangladesh leg of a marathon charity ride across Asia to Italy.

July 13: The Australia-based Cochlear Ltd, a global leader in offering implantable hearing solutions for hearing impaired, has launched its direct operations in India by setting up offices in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore, eyeing the potential for its product base in Indian healthcare market.

July 13: Auckland Deaf Society, Safer Homes in New Zealand Everyday (Shine) and Advanced Interpreting Management Services (AIMS) have launched New Zealand’s first dedicated domestic violence resource for the Deaf community – a DVD.

July 13, 2010: The federal government wants all new homes to better accommodate people with disabilities and the elderly.

KUWAIT, July 13: A summer work program to help integrate young disabled people into mainstream society will see a number of youths with various disabilities working in two of Kuwaiti's Starbucks outlets, in the Salhiya Complex and Kaifan, this summer.

July 12: ALL INSTITUTIONS for people with intellectual disabilities should be closed down within the next seven years because they are in breach of residents’ basic rights.

Paris, July 11: A Taiwanese team took the silver medal at the first French Open Table Tennis tournament for the disabled in Nantes, France from July 8 to July 10.

July 11: A newly developed driving interface may let blind people independently drive cars on the open road. Designed by engineers at Virginia Tech, the system incorporates various nonvisual cues into the driver's seat of a dune buggy that could help the blind navigate roads without assistance.

July 10: Speech-to-sign language translation software written by a team from Thailand won the main category of a Microsoft-sponsored software development contest for students, the Imagine Cup, on Thursday.

DHAKA, July 09:  Half of all disabled children in impoverished Bangladesh have been sexually abused, often by close family relatives, according to a new study.