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In the national college entrance exam, gaokao, this year that was organized in early June, some provinces, including Hunan, Liaoning, and Hainan, have taken concrete measures to provide conveniences for exam takers with disabilities. The measures include opening...
Ghana is playing host to a four-nation goalball international tournament as well as a seminar for the sport's referees and coaches, from December 12 to 16, the International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA) Goalball said in a release on Thursday. Around 50 participants...
China will take robust and multi-pronged measures to ensure that employment remains stable. The government will scale up support for flexible employment, boost job opportunities for people with disabilities, and tackle the stubborn issue of wage arrears affecting...
The Brazilian government launched on Monday a nationwide campaign aiming to encourage women to denounce domestic violence, a problem the country has been facing for years. With the motto "You have a voice," the campaign features advertisements across all media to...
Ma Fuxing's life journey was off to a rough start after he lost both hands in an accident when he was four months old, but the journey has inspired generations of children in a remote Chinese village. For nearly 40 years, Ma has been teaching at the elementary school...
South Africa will host the wheelchair basketball qualifiers for the 2020 Para Olympic Games to be held in Tokyo in August. The International Wheelchair Basketball Federation (IWBF) made the changes in an announcement on Wednesday, which means that Kenyan men's and...
Northwestern Medicine researchers have discovered why a specific genetic mutation causes intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder in children. They found genetic mutations in human patients in a gene called Usp9x result in the brain growing fewer synapses....
Chinese netizens called for a wider approval of guide dogs in public places on the 2019 International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), which fell on Tuesday. The appeal has attracted hundreds of thousands of followers on China's Twitter-like Sina Weibo, and...
In the case of 12-year-old jazz drummer Liu Boyu, sporting long hair is not to make himself look cool but to hide his defect -- two underdeveloped ears. Born with microtia, Liu's external ears are missing completely and he has very little functional hearing. However,...
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