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Monthly Archives: July 2012
EFC to launch IT training program for people with vision disabilities
Asia-Pacific Jul 31, 2012
SRI LANKA: The Employers’ Federation of Ceylon (EFC) will launch a six-month IT training program for eight people with vision disabilities in Vavuniya on August 2. The Continue reading the story...US Scientists aim to deliver visual images to people with vision disabilities
Americas Jul 31, 2012
HOUSTON: Humans possess the unique ability to form mental images of things that exist only in their minds, and U.S. scientists now believe there may be Continue reading the story...Voters with disabilities demand better facilities in Indonesia
Asia-Pacific Jul 30, 2012
JAKARTA: Latifa, 34, went to the polling booth near her home on Jl. Bendungan Jago, Central Jakarta, on July 11 with one thing on her mind; Continue reading the story...University of Pune empowers students with vision disabilities with e-learning courses
Asia-Pacific Jul 30, 2012
PUNE: There was a time when Rachana Shelar, a student with vision disability, had to depend on Braille books to study her standard eight syllabus. She had Continue reading the story...Technology opens new ways for persons with disabilities to vote
Americas Jul 30, 2012
TROY: The Image Cast Ballot Marking Device works like the voting machine of the future. It allows users to cast votes on a computer screen, marking Continue reading the story...Philippines improves access for persons with disabilities
Asia-Pacific Jul 30, 2012
MANILA: The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has completed the construction of five access ramps for persons with disabilities along the stretch of Commonwealth Continue reading the story...Oxford addresses accessibility challenges
Americas Jul 30, 2012
OXFORD: The Mayor’s Commission on Disability Issues is calling for an employee whose sole job will be compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. The city’s self-study, Continue reading the story...Cinemark to add devices for people with hearing disabilities
Americas Jul 30, 2012
Theater operator Cinemark Holdings Inc. has agreed to offer new assistive devices to moviegoers with hearing disabilities under a settlement of a civil-rights lawsuit filed by Continue reading the story...Guam new videophone service to help people with hearing disabilities
Americas Jul 29, 2012
GUAM: Communicating quickly with anyone not in the same building had always been a challenge for Christopher Pangelinan. He can send email or message someone, but something Continue reading the story...Schools should improve access for Georgian with disabilities, activists say
Europe Jul 28, 2012
Georgia has invested significant time and money in efforts to integrate persons with disabilities into mainstream education, but parents say many schools remain ill-equipped to take Continue reading the story...News Archives
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