“I Can,” says Pandu Ranga Rao By S. Kenneth Shishir The problems faced by the disabled is gaining more and more importance all over the world. The government of India and also State governments have lent a helping hand to the differently abled by framing various policies like reservation in jobs, concession in traveling, special [...]
By Wendy Gillis, Staff Reporter, TheStar.com Toronto police have settled a human rights claim filed by a paraplegic man arrested during the G20 summit, but the terms will not be made public due to a confidentiality clause. Gabriel Jacobs, a panhandler paralyzed from the waist down, filed a claim with the Human Rights Tribunal of [...]
Six charities have blamed inflammatory media coverage about ‘benefits scroungers’ for increasing abuse against disabled people Government focus on alleged fraud and over-claiming to justify cuts in benefits is fuelling abuse against disabled people, charities have warned. Six groups told the Guardian that a narrative of “benefits scroungers or fakers” was making disabled people increasingly [...]
A dozen disabled people protesting near the cabinet building on Monday threatened to set themselves on fire unless an official agreed to meet with them and hear their demands on rights and opportunities for Egypt’s disabled community. One man, Lotfy Mohamed, a 24-year-old graduate from the faculty of commerce at Cairo University, doused himself in [...]
Six Australians will champion the cause of people with disability following their appointment by the Australian Government to promote the 2011 International Day of People with Disability and National Disability Awards. The Minister for Community Services, Jenny Macklin, and the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers, Senator Jan McLucas, today announced six Disability Community [...]
By Rose Simone KITCHENER — While doing computer network consulting work, Scott Burton met an employee of one of his clients who was extremely adept with computers. “She intuitively understood the computer and was able to quickly resolve computer problems without my even having to go on the site,” Burton says. She also happened to [...]
The first ever World report on disability, produced jointly by WHO and the World Bank, suggests that more than a billion people in the world today experience disability. People with disabilities have generally poorer health, lower education achievements, fewer economic opportunities and higher rates of poverty than people without disabilities. This is largely due to [...]
One of 4 in North Bay iHub’s Seed Round Competition By Ernie Barrera | June 2, 2011 Petaluma resident Tom Corbett spent a career making sense of the business world. The one principle he learned during his years as an engineer and business consultant was the need to have enough seed-money during the first year [...]
Social networking started as a 20-something fad, yet it’s matured into a force that may revolutionize business, politics and society at large. Will financial systems follow suit? According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, they already have. Entrepreneurs are increasingly tapping social networks to raise capital, and several companies have built frameworks [...]
Staeger-Wilson: Disability community has much to offer
When exploring how diversity positively impacts our economic development we also need to include the disability community. Approximately one in five Americans has a disability; one in 10 has a severe disability. We are the largest historically excluded group that anyone can become a member of at any time. As our baby boomers age, as [...]
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