The Pakistan Society for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled published its Summer Newsletter which is available here in pdf-format.
Bangladesh Protibandhi Unnayan Sangstha (BPUS) held an advocacy workshop to establish the rights and the dignity of children with disabilities on August 16th, 2011. For BPUS’ report and pictures please click here.
Shanta Memorial Rehabilitation Center organizes a South Asia Assembly of Children with Disabilities on October 19th to 20th in Bhubaneswar, India. Please take a look at their announcement.
RI Asia Pacific published its quarterly newsletter Summer 2011. The newsletter is available as Word-file and as pdf-file.
The Organizing Committee of the International Abilympics Seoul 2011 publishes a monthly Newsletter. Available are the issues for May, June, July and August.
ISPO published its July/August eUpdate. Available in pdf here.
USICD’s Annual Report is available at http://www.uscid.org/doc/usicdannualreport2011.doc
RI Australia’s website features video posting of its November 2010 CRPD Workshop in Sydney with Ron McCallum, Chair of the monitoring committee for the UN’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. For RI Australia’s website and the video posting please visit www.riaustralia.org.
Website of our Member Christian Outreach Justice Mission Sierra Leone (Comin-SL)
RI Asia Pacific Region Quarterly Newsletter Spring 2011
iNDCP: Journal of Human Development, Disability, and Social Change
Grace Association, Pakistan: Voice of Grassroots – Newsletter
Disability Action Council (DAC) anounced deadline of application to International Abilympics Seoul 2011: April 30th 2011
DAC is prioritized to select Cambodian persons with Disabilities to be contestant in the 8th International Abilympics Seoul 2011 (IA Seoul 2011) which will be organized by IA Seoul 2011 Organizing committee and hosted by Ministry of Employment and Labor, Seoul Metropolitan Government. DAC is urgently announcing to the interesting NGOs working on Disability who wish to nominate a qualified persons with disabilities to join the event, please kindly contact DAC secretariat as soon as possible by: Deputy Director of DAC secretariat Mr. Ung Sambath, Tel: 012 948 020, Email: sambath@dac.org.kh
For further information about the IA Seoul 2011 click here
Challenges and Partnerships of Rehabilitation in the Baltic Sea Region
The seminar is organized in co-operation with the Rehabilitation Foundation, Rifi (Rehabilitation International Finnish Committee) and RI Commission on Policy and Services. The seminar gathers together rehabilitation experts from various neighbouring countries in the Baltic Sea Region. The aim is to share mutual interests, challenges and achievements of rehabilitation. Practical examples of service development covers issues of pediatric rehabilitation in Estonia, social rehabilitation and employment support of persons with disabilities in Estonia and Russia. For more informationclick here.
Report Inter Schools Debate Competition
For the mental maturity and intellectual cultivation of access as well as other schools young minds in
Skardu GRACE English Access Program organized a one day Interschool Debate Competition
Program at Baltistan Higher Secondary School Skardu. For more information, click here.
RI Arab Region General Assembly
RI- Arab Region Organization held its General Assembly at the Commodore Hotel – Beirut on 29/4/2010. 40 Participants representing 25 RI Organizations from 12 Arab Countries participated. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Khaled El MOHTAR. For more information, click here.
ISAAC 2010 News Flash: Extended Abstracts & Photo Gallery Now Available Online!
Members can now download and view the Extended Abstracts that were submitted for all sessions, as well as a number of photo and video galleries, here on the conference website.
On the ISAAC 2010 home page you will see a password-protected login called “Private Area”. The username is “isaac” and the password is “barcelona”. Once you have entered the Private Area, you will find links to the Extended Abstracts and Photo Galleries.
Please note that three short videos aired on Barcelona television during the conference are available by clicking on the words “Television and Newspapers” (or “Television y Prensa”) on the home page (these are not in the password-protected area). These excellent clips are in Spanish only, but the message comes through nonetheless.
We hope you find this information helpful and that you enjoy the photographs. We look forward to seeing you at the next conference, ISAAC 2012, in Pittsburgh, USA.
SESOBEL
RI Arab Region General Assembly Minutes
For more information, click here.