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Feb 14: Fiji’s first massage and spa parlor run by blind or visually impaired therapists has opened in Suva.
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Taipei, Feb 13: People with mental disabilities are on the rise in Taiwan, with an overall annual increase of 0.49 percent in the disabled population in 2010, according to statistics released Saturday by the Ministry of the Interior.
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MANILA, Philippines, Feb 12: To call attention to people with intellectual disabilities, February 12-18, 2011, is observed as National Intellectual Disability Week.
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Jakarta, Feb 13: Dozens of children with disabilities received free dental healthcare in Pinang, Tangerang, in an event organized by the local branch of the Indonesian Dentists Association (PDGI) and the Indonesian Optometrists Association (Perhati).
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DUBAI, Feb 11: New fare cards for students, the elderly and people with disabilities will be available from next month, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) officials announced today.
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Feb 11: People with disabilities will have a greater representation in the 15th national census.
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BEIJING, Feb 11: The 21 performers who danced the One Thousand Hands Buddha are admired by the Chinese people because they succeeded in spite of being deaf. Unknown to most who watched, 18 of the dancers became deaf because of inappropriate use of antib...
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Feb 10: Children's ability to learn to speak is partly down to genetics, scientists have found.
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Feb 09: Associate professor Mitsuhiro Okayasu at the Akita Prefectural University has designed an electronic cane that will help blind people sense obstacles in their path at the level of their eyes, where normal canes help blind people identify objects...
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Shimla, Feb 09: The second phase of the 20-day Census-2011 operation, which will take into account vital information about population growth, besides economic and social changes, will begin on Wednesday with nearly 11,610 enumerators and 2,010 superviso...
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New Delhi, Feb 08: Signage in Braille, tactile exhibits and audio guides are among the few measures the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) plans to implement in order to make museums and monuments in the city more friendly towards visually impaired pe...
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Tokyo, Feb 07: One Tokyo confectionery teacher is now offering classes suggesting a variety of easy-to-cook original recipes, but to very particular students: visually-impaired.
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New Delhi, Feb 06: Even as technology has made it possible for blind people to use the internet, to click photos using special cameras and to undertake activities that are effortless for the sighted, innovators are now seeking to aid them further with n...
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Feb 05: Two leading Scottish charities are joining forces in a pioneering new project to support people with sensory loss across Tayside.
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Feb 04: The country has opened its first demonstration centre for communication technology devices aimed particularly at the elderly and disabled people.
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Feb 02: An airline has apologised after Paralympian Tanni Grey-Thompson and 34 athletes were left stranded in Dubai.
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Feb 01: It's being called a big leap forward in communication technology for the deaf and hard-of-hearing and the product roll-out happened right here in Rochester.
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Jan 27: The Paralympic Council of Ireland, the body responsible for the development of elite Paralympic Sport in Ireland and the management of Irish representative teams at Paralympic Games and World Championships, has relaunched today as Paralympics Ir...
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Jan 29: Opposition lawmaker and members of local foundation yesterday urged several major high-tech enterprises to hire more physically and mentally disabled citizens as required by law to fulfill their corporate social responsibility (CSR).
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Baku, 28 Jan: The Ministry of Labour & Social Protection of Azerbaijan is creating a single database on persons with disabilities.
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