Reasons why 38 U.S. Senators, all Republicans, united to ensure the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) failed to achieve the necessary two-thirds majority required to ratify international treaties were plentiful in the wake of Tuesday’s vote. None of them, however, seemed to speak to the interests of the individuals [...]
The AllAfrica.com website provides original reporting as well as aggregated content from over 130 news organizations across the continent, making it a perfect one-stop shop resource to continue this week’s globetrotting in observation of the United Nations’ 20th International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The most positive story comes from South Africa. Gabi Khumalo of [...]
While Indian cities like Bangalore are working toward greater accommodation of persons with disabilities in its public services and commercial spaces, the neighboring country of Pakistan continues to struggle with the initial steps for removing barriers of inclusion and accessibility. One advocate in the southeast Asian country says the first step toward achieving these goals [...]
A quick scan of Wikipedia’s entry for the Indian city of Bangalore, and one finds a lot of similarities to Boston, Massachusetts. Both are capitals of their respective states and have long histories that intertwine with its people’s struggle for independence from the British empire. Some of the each country’s best-known colleges and research institutions [...]
The world is observing International Day of Persons with Disabilities for the 20th year today. The theme for 2012 is “Removing barriers to create an inclusive and accessible society for all,” and the background material found on the United Nations Enable website makes explicit that these barriers can be physical, technological, political, and societal; all [...]
Public perception of employees with disabilities is increasingly positive, according to results of a new survey released by the U.S. AbilityOne Commission. The government-supported public-private partnership issued a press release about the new data, found here on The Sacramento Bee website, in conjunction with an announcement of the launch of the website, www.abilityone.gov/75, which honors [...]
Two projects launched earlier this year at the University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc are making strides toward integrated employment for people with disabilities in this city found on the shores of Lake Michigan. Reporter Cindy Hodgson had separate stories published in last Sunday’s edition of the Manitowoc Herald-Times Reporter, examining how each program is providing career training [...]
Usually, when advocates for people with disabilities talk about changing perceptions, they’re talking about getting people to see these individuals for what they are capable of doing, rather than what they cannot. John Seelmeyer of the Northern Nevada Business Weekly writes that officials in the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation are first attempting [...]
More than 1,200 delegates from 85 countries are in India currently, attending a three-day conference exploring the role community-based rehabilitation can play in helping make life matter more for people with disabilities. A dispatch yesterday from the Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) said the opening remarks from India’s secretary of disability affairs in the ministry of [...]
Dollar stores and call centers are two job areas where people with disabilities are finding more work these days, according to the recent article, “Disabled workers can be an asset in the workplace, if given a chance,” by Olivera Perkins of the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Organizations like the Board of Developmental Disabilities in Cuyahoga have [...]