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Human Rights

Culture Of Silence Around Disability Influences Bad Policy

Disability in India has long been misunderstood and persons with disability in India for decades now have lived on the fringes of society – excluded, marginalised and...

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Hollywood

Stars Attend 15th Annual Women Who Care Luncheon

The 15th Annual Women Who Care Luncheon benefiting United Cerebral Palsyof New York City (UCP of NYC) was held Monday, May 9th at Cipriani 42nd Street.
The sold-out e...

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Sustainable Development

This Silicon Valley Billionaire Wants to Give Us All Robot Bodies

The Beam was designed as a video conferencing tool, allowing instant, face-to-face communication—kind of like FaceTime or Skype, except you can drive the screen on le...

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Health

An Epileptics Cinematic Journey: Films From My Perspective

As the title indicates, I have epilepsy. If you ran into me on the street, it’s not something you’d be able to tell about me by looking. That’s not how ep...

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Human Rights

Newly Disability Definition To Be Widened

The government is set to widen the definition of "disability" to bring the count of physically challenged persons in sync with the ground situation, heeding complaints that...

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Festivals

Picture This . . . Film Festival Offers Fresh, International Look At Those With Disabilities

Yes, it is an international disability film festival — the first one in Canada — but the films presented are not grim. Or depressing. Or preachy.
“We...

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Sustainable Development

An Office On Four Wheels Brings Land Administration Services To Isolated Populations

I recently had the opportunity to see the mobile offices run by the State Service for the Registration of Real Estate (SSRRE) of the Republic of Azerbaijan. These mobile of...

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Health

WHO Outlines Ways To Prevent And Mitigate Childhood Hearing Loss

Nearly 32 million children across the world live with disabling hearing loss. A new WHO report, "Childhood hearing loss: act now, here’s how", suggests that 60% of th...

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Alternative Entertainment

Film Festival Designed To Illuminate The Lives Of The Disabled

A film festival intended to promote and celebrate inclusion of individuals with autism, cerebral palsy, mental illness and other challenges is playing through Thursday in H...

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Human Rights

Going Mainstream In Including Disabled People In Development

Across the world, 1 in 7 people has a disability and 80 percent live in developing countries. Many people with disabilities face discrimination and stigma in their everyday...

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