Intro: Children with disabilities in foster care face significant challenges when it comes to adoption, guardianship or reunion with family, according to a recent study released on the website of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). A study released on the...
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International Accessibility Symbol Design Competition
18 January 2022 | All news, Featured Projects
INTERNATIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SYMBOL DESIGN COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SYMBOL DESIGN COMPETITIONThe International Union of Architects (UIA) and Rehabilitation International (RI) are jointly inviting submissions for a twenty-first...
RI Global- Guide on Accessibility in Enterprises” – funded by the RI Global Disability Development Fund (GDDF) and implemented by DGUV and DVfR- RI National Member Organization- Germany
11 January 2022 | All news, From The Field
Rehabilitation International offers consultations for their members or other state-run institutions or top managers in enterprises who are willing to learn more on how to transform some of the golden rules mentioned in these guidelines into practices for their...
Rehabilitation International Marks its First 100 Years and the Next Century to Come
7 January 2022 | All news
Rehabilitation International (RI) is excited to announce that the 100thAnniversary Celebration will be held on December 3rd, 2022, in Beijing, China. The 100th anniversary is a remarkable milestone for RI that...
Working together for inclusive development of persons with disabilities
31 December 2021 | All news
Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International (RI) and chairperson of the China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF), delivers a video speech during the Regional Forum on Advancing Disability-inclusive Development on Dec. 3. [RI] Zhang Haidi, president of...
Zhang pins hopes on rehabilitation cooperation
31 December 2021 | All news
Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International (RI) and chairperson of the China Disabled Persons’ Federation (CDPF), delivered a congratulatory message via videolink to mark the opening of a health forum recently organized by Wenzhou Medical University. In...
RI Submission to the Committee on the rights of persons with disabilities – Draft General Comment on article 27 on the right of persons with disabilities to work and employment
23 December 2021 | All news, Working Commissions
Rehabilitation International – Commission on Work and Employment submitted comments to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Committee) for the Draft General Comment on art. 27 of the CRPD, as follows: Page 6 (18): Within the first sentence...
RI holds virtual meetings for members and executive committee
18 November 2021 | All news
Zhang Haidi (top row, left), chairperson of RI, presides over the virtual meetings for the Executive Committee of RI and RI members Nov. 12 and 13. [RI] Rehabilitation International (RI) held a virtual meeting for the Executive Committee of RI and the Governing...
China University of Rehabilitation Sciences construction to be concluded this year
4 November 2021 | All news
The construction of the China University of Rehabilitation Sciences in Qingdao, Shandong province, is right on schedule. Most of the buildings, which cover an overall area of 530,000 square meters, have their roofs topped out already, and the whole project is likely...
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