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The life situation of young people with disabilities differs significantly from those of adults and elderly people. This concerns, for example, questions about a person’s own identity, the decisions about choice of a profession and career planning, finding a partner...
Rehabilitation International – Commission on Work and Employment submitted comments to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Committee) for the Draft General Comment on art. 27 of the CRPD, as follows: Page 6 (18): Within the first sentence...
Zhang Haidi (top row, left), chairperson of RI, presides over the virtual meetings for the Executive Committee of RI and RI members Nov. 12 and 13. [RI] Rehabilitation International (RI) held a virtual meeting for the Executive Committee of RI and the Governing...
The construction of the China University of Rehabilitation Sciences in Qingdao, Shandong province, is right on schedule. Most of the buildings, which cover an overall area of 530,000 square meters, have their roofs topped out already, and the whole project is likely...
“We can do the same thing as everyone else,” the 41-year-old Colorado Springs resident Mitch Routon said. “It just may be at a slower pace.” Routon has intellectual disabilities and is now an advocate for himself and others at The Arc of Colorado, an organization that...
On June 1, Thailand set up its first hospital for COVID-19 patients with disabilities. The Sirindhorn Science Home Field Hospital for Persons with Disabilities in Pathum Thani province is a joint effort by the Ministry of Public Health, Ministry of Higher Education,...
By Wang Yanfang Intro: The China Disabled Persons’ Federation recently organized an event in Beijing for people with disabilities to share their stories of poverty reduction with representatives from various countries and international organizations. Attendees at an...
A very interesting keynote session with Professor Gutenbrunner fra GRA and Rehabilitation International Executive Members, Mr. Michael Brogioli and Mr. Gregor Kemmper on the groundwork for further corporation and this moving societies and rehabilitation!
Intro: “Our goal is to compete safely, show good spirit, strive for success and promote friendship,” said Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International, chairperson of the China Disabled Persons' Federation and China’s chef de mission, at the launch of the...
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