By Wang Yanfang Intro: Rehabilitation International (RI) bestowed "Outstanding Achievement Awards" on three organizations and presented "Centennial Contribution Awards" to 100 representatives and organizations in recognition of their extraordinary contributions to the...
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RI Global Newsletter, October 2018: RI General Assembly in Berlin
1 November 2018 | All news, Newsletters
RI Global General Assembly to be held in Berlin Rehabilitation International (RI), a global network of experts, persons with disabilities, service providers and other stakeholders, is in the final stage of preparations for its Executive Committee and other meetings...
Emily Tapp goes from unknown to world champion
28 October 2018 | Recent Reports
Emily Tapp never heard of Para triathlon until November 2014, when she met Australia’s national manager. Two months later, she was in her first competition. Four years later, she became a double world champion. “It was in my first race where I fell in love with the...
Starbucks opens first sign language store in US
28 October 2018 | Recent Reports
Rebecca Witzofsky, a 20-year-old deaf student at Gallaudet University in Washington, DC, and her hearing friend Nikolas Carapellatti wanted to get a coffee. But on Tuesday, Witzofsky finally didn't have to struggle to make her order understood. US coffee giant...
Kenya mulls regulations to promote use of sign language
28 October 2018 | Recent Reports
Kenya plans to put in place regulations to promote the use of local sign language, officials said on Thursday. Peter Musakhi, senior assistant director of the ministry of labor and social protection, told a forum for in Nairobi that the government has already formed a...
Egypt’s blind female orchestra stuns audience, gains world fame
28 October 2018 | Recent Reports
Blind female musicians perform in Cairo, Egypt, on Oct. 7, 2018. The audience at one of the halls of Cairo Opera House were so stunned by the performance of an orchestra of about 40 blind female musicians that they seemed hypnotized by the music, yet they couldn't...
As world marks Int’l White Cane Day, blind Cubans far from left behind
28 October 2018 | Recent Reports
Juan Cancio, one of Cuba's foremost physical therapists, arrives at a local clinic in Havana's Plaza district, where he has been volunteering since he retired. Those who know him aren't surprised by the way he moves about the facility with ease, but newcomers are...
Disabled Fashion Show held in Budapest, Hungary
28 October 2018 | Recent Reports
Photo taken on Sept. 29, 2018 shows a disabled Fashion Show which aims to raise awareness for people with disabilities living in the society in Budapest, Hungary. (Xinhua/Attila Volgyi) Photo taken on Sept. 29, 2018 shows a disabled Fashion Show which aims to raise...
India to provide pick-up, drop facility to disabled voters
28 October 2018 | Recent Reports
India's Election Commission has for the first time decided to provide free pick-up and drop facility to all disabled people across the country so that they can cast their votes in an election. The general elections are due early next year while some Indian states are...
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