102 participants take part in the inaugural wheelchair marathon hosted by Central China's Hunan province on Thursday in Wulingyuan, a World Natural Heritage site in Zhangjiajie. They propelled their manual wheelchairs along a 5-kilometer route. [Xinhua] 102...
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Special arrangement benefits gaokao takers with disabilities
6 October 2022 | All news
In the national college entrance exam, gaokao, this year that was organized in early June, some provinces, including Hunan, Liaoning, and Hainan, have taken concrete measures to provide conveniences for exam takers with disabilities. The measures include opening...
Zhang calls for deepening cooperation to help persons with disabilities to integrate into society
6 October 2022 | All news
Rehabilitation International (RI) President and China Disabled Persons’ Federation (CDPF) Chairperson Zhang Haidi attends the launch ceremony on June 30 of a project helping persons with disabilities in Beijing’s Yanqing district to achieve common prosperity. [RI]...
New Ohio telemedicine program for people with disabilities
6 October 2022 | All news
The Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities (DODD) launched a pilot with StationMD, a physician service, to provide 24/7 urgent telemedicine for up to 5,000 individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). StationMD uses telemedicine to...
Audiobooks launched introducing Marrakesh Treaty and the Convention on the Rights of the Child
6 October 2022 | All news
A series of audiobooks introducing the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, have been recently launched on the Ximalaya FM, an...
Marrakesh Treaty comes into force in China
6 October 2022 | All news
Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled, took effect in China on May 5.It is a copyright law adopted in Marrakesh, Morocco on June 27, 2013. The treaty achieved the deposit of...
Zhang vows to continue to work for a better future for people with disabilities
6 October 2022 | All news
In an article she wrote for a book on China’s political advisory cause, Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International (RI) and chairperson of the China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF), recalled her experience as having worked as a member of the National...
RI Centennial Celebrations to take place on May 2023 in Beijing, China
5 October 2022 | All news
Due to the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and public health concerns, and with the consent of the Rehabilitation International Executive Committee members, the Rehabilitation International Centennial Celebrations, planned to take place on December 1st to...
Creating Enforcement and Compliance at the Building Planning Department Level South Africa. Training for Building Planning Department Personal and System Development South Africa funded by the Rehabilitation International Global Disability Development Fund
29 July 2022 | All news, Global Disability Development Fund
The background and putting forward of this proposal were based on the following elements: The results and findings of the NCPD with regard to the application and knowledge-set of building inspectors and associated personnel: The NCPD’s placement as the foremost...
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