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India wins 7 medals at int’l skills competition for people with disabilities

3 April 2023

Intro: India won seven medals at the 10th International Abilympics, one of the world’s largest competitions featuring people with disabilities, which concluded in Metz, France, on March 25, 2023. The embroidery contest award ceremony during the 10th International...

Global Times: New rock group seeks to raise understanding of rare disease sufferers

16 January 2018 | Recent Reports, RI In The News

An original new rock band has become the voice of people who suffer rare diseases, using music to call for understanding and respect for people regardless of their medical condition. "I can't make any big movements," said Wang Yiou, a Chinese woman with brittle bone...

Xinhua: A new lens for educating disabled children

16 January 2018 | RI In The News

"My dream is to be a soldier safeguarding my country," says 13-year-old schoolboy Yongzhi. However, due to a hereditary limb condition, he is unlikely to grow as tall as his peers. Yongzhi is one of 18 disabled children at Anding Primary School in Jingdong Yi...

RI Global From the Field: RI professor discusses ways to help reduce unmet rehabilitation needs worldwide at WHO meeting

15 January 2018 | From The Field

RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 Huang Yueqin, Chair of Commission of Health and Function of Rehabilitation International and vice chair of China Disabled Persons’ Federation (CDPF) recently attended a WHO meeting to help...

Press Release: RI Global Unveils Two Funds to Support Disability Inclusion in SDGs

15 January 2018 | Press Releases

RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 RI Global Unveils Two Funds to Support Disability Inclusion in SDGs 18 January 2018, New York, NY – To push forward new goals for a new year and bolster disability on the agenda of the...

RI Global Newsletter, December 2017: IDPD 2017, Building Inclusive Societies

23 December 2017 | All news, Newsletters

RI Global Newsletter, December 2017 Removing barriers to progress - IDPD 2017 View this email in your browser Daniela Bas shakes hands with members of the American Indian Community from South Dakota at the start of the special event on "Building Future Societies for...

RI Global What’s On November: A Pledge of Change for Africa

23 December 2017 | All news, Newsletters

RI Global Newsletter, November 2017 A Pledge of Change for Africa -- The Annual Conference View this email in your browser Zhang Haidi, President of RI Global and chairwoman of China Disabled Persons’ Federation (CDPF) with pupils of a local primary school in Addis...

RI Global From the Field: International Day of Disabilities 2017 — Building an Inclusive Society

19 December 2017 | All news, From The Field

RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 For the 2030 Agenda to live up to its promise, persons with disabilities – as both beneficiaries and agents of change – and their representative organizations must work as a team to remove all...

RI Global Press Release: Leaders from 37 Countries Attend Africa Conference

14 November 2017 | All news, Press Releases

RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 Leaders from 37 Countries Attend RI Global's Africa Conference ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, 14 November -- Representatives from 37 countries, including disability leaders, African Union officials...

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