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University of Rehabilitation Science officially opens

By Wang Yanfang Intro: After almost a decade of effort, the University of Rehabilitation Science, proposed by Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International (RI), has officially opened. The University of Rehabilitation Science [uor.edu.cn] After almost a...

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Zhang Haidi attends RI executive committee video conference

The executive committee of Rehabilitation International (RI) held a video conference on July 28. Zhang Haidi, president of RI and chairperson of the China Disabled Persons’ Federation (CDPF), presided over the meeting and delivered a speech. Zhang Haidi, president of...

Japanese orthotist hopes to help more people in China

At the invitation of his Chinese classmate Ding Ningning, Japanese orthotist, Yuto Kikuchi, who produces of artificial limbs, came to China to start his own business with Ding in October, 2019. Now in his 30s and born into a family doing the business for generations,...

Improving the well-being of people with disabilities

Intro: 14th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was held June 15-17 both virtually and in-person at the UN headquarters in New York. Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International (RI) and...

Guide to protect physically challenged from sexual abuse

The Institute for Human Development of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, the Missouri Development Disabilities Council and the Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities have published a guide to help prevent sexual assault and other abuses, especially for...

ESA recruiting first astronaut with disabilities

The European Space Agency launched a recruitment drive on March 31 to employ four to six career astronauts, who will be permanent ESA staff, and about 20 reserve astronauts for possible shorter, one-off missions to destinations like the International Space...

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