Sheltered Workshops Offer Little Benefit; Motor Impairments Core Feature Of Autism; and More News‏

Kids with autism often have difficulty with everyday activities like running and writing. Now, researchers say they've linked these motor skills troubles with the presence of autism itself.
http://www.disabilityscoop.com/emailers/ds120221.html

ENUSP Bulletin No 2 Janaury 2012

The European Network aims to promote and improve the human rights of (ex-)users and survivors of psychiatry; to fight for (ex-)user/survivor controlled alternatives to psychiatry and against abuse and coercion. On the very first European Conference the following guiding principle has been adopted.

http://www.enusp.org/newsletter/enuspbulletin_no2-ian2012.pdf

India: Tech show provides platform to the disabled

Agreeing with Haaziq, Shilpi Kumar, managing director of BarrierBreak Technologies, and organizer of the annual event, said: "The society often pities the person with disability and the people with disabilities often believe that they are to be pitied."

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DPI e-update - 21 February 2012

 

Inclusion International Global Conference on Achieving Inclusion will be held 25-28October 2012 in Washington DC, USA. People from all over the world will come together to widely discuss the implications of Article 19of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
http://newsletters.dpi.org/archive/newsletter.asp?a=cc384c

House gives preliminary approval to bill protecting students with disabilities

Then there’s Alexis, a 10-year-old from Johnson County with a disability. Alexis was dragged through a hall and outside of the school to a bus by two staff members not trained to use safe restraint. She had to be taken to the emergency room with multiple injuries, including a “significant shoulder sprain, bruises and scrapes.

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/....................

Uganda: Equality - the Best Medicine

Many of the children are deaf and there are two sign language interpreters who work at the school full time to assist in the classroom. Although hearing impairments can be present at birth or develop afterward, the World Heath Organization states that, "Half of all cases of deafness and hearing impairment are avoidable through prevention, early diagnoses and management."

http://allafrica.com/stories/201202221104.html

Sierra Leone: Disabled Urged to Quit Violence

Addressing members of the Gbotima Development Disability Right Association, Hon. Neneh Lebbie expressed her keen interest in working with the people with disabilities provided they quit violence. She implored them to be law abiding and respect those in authority, while pledging her support to working with the organization in order for them to achieve their aims and objectives.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201202221055.html

Spice Jet: Aviation ministry urged to take action

And the recent incident with Ms. Ghosh, who was asked to boot off by the pilot thinking that she was mentally disabled, again highlights airlines’ apathetic attitude towards disabled passengers. We hope that airlines would wake up to this uncalled incident and would apologize to Ghosh.
http://www.indiablooms.com/...................

Bogus disability claims hurt those actually disabled

We all know of someone who is receiving disability benefits or applying for those benefits who is able to work. But apparently we have made the path toward disability much easier and for many, this has become the new paycheck.

http://www.semissourian.com/story/1818252.html

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