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Lebanese educators call for better services for children with learning disabilities
Middle East Apr 18, 2013
BEIRUT: Educators called on the Lebanese government to do more for students with learning disabilities Wednesday, saying the condition is often covered up by parents who Continue reading the story...Saudi Government makes huge commitment to increased accessible transportation
Middle East Apr 15, 2013
The Braun Corporation is nearing completion of an order from the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Social Affairs to supply 3,000 wheelchair lifts to the Kingdom – Continue reading the story...Egypt to create ICT centers for persons with disabilities
Middle East Apr 9, 2013
Egypt’s s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) has signed a cooperation agreement with the Ministry of Education on supporting s Ministry of Communications and Continue reading the story...Education technology specialists develop new web-based adaptive learning program
Middle East Apr 8, 2013
TURKEY: A new web-based adaptive learning program, the first of its kind in Turkey, developed by two Turkish education technology specialists to address the problems children Continue reading the story...Law on persons with disabilities in Lebanon ‘far from being implemented’
Middle East Apr 3, 2013
BEIRUT: In 2007 Lebanon signed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Even earlier, in 2000, the country’s Parliament passed Law 220/2000, which also concerns Continue reading the story...Bahrain launches plan to employ persons with disabilities
Middle East Apr 2, 2013
Bahrain’s Ministry of Social Development announced it allocated three million dinars ($8 million) to employ persons with disabilities at government institutions and private firms as part Continue reading the story...Conference on Technology for persons with disabilities – April 23-25
Middle East Apr 1, 2013
RIYADH: The National Symposium on Informatics (NSI) is an event held each other year by the College of Information and Computer Sciences at King Saud University, Continue reading the story...UAE Disability law needs enforcement, say advocates
Middle East Mar 31, 2013
DUBAI: To regulate the number of new centres for people with disabilities and to enforce the rights of people with special needs, a private meeting among Continue reading the story...Israel’s Education Minister announces to make Ministry office accessible for persons with disabilities
Middle East Mar 25, 2013
ISRAEL: Education Minister Shai Piron announced on his Facebook page on Sunday that he has decided to make the ministry’s offices in Jerusalem accessible for persons Continue reading the story...Iran official says persons with disabilities need accessible public infrastructure
Middle East Mar 13, 2013
Iran’s Interior Ministry has failed to provide adequate support for the enhancement of public infrastructure for Iranians with disabilities, says a member of the Tehran Council Continue reading the story...Middle East Archives
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