Dear Members of Rehabilitation International, Friends and Partners of Rehabilitation International, And All Interested Readers, Welcome to the May 2025 edition of the Rehabilitation International Newsletter. This issue brings you key highlights from across our global...
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Guide to protect physically challenged from sexual abuse
6 June 2021 | All news
The Institute for Human Development of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, the Missouri Development Disabilities Council and the Missouri Division of Developmental Disabilities have published a guide to help prevent sexual assault and other abuses, especially for...
ESA recruiting first astronaut with disabilities
6 June 2021 | All news
The European Space Agency launched a recruitment drive on March 31 to employ four to six career astronauts, who will be permanent ESA staff, and about 20 reserve astronauts for possible shorter, one-off missions to destinations like the International Space...
CDPF and ZHO further cooperation to benefit people with disabilities
27 May 2021 | All news
Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International (RI) and chairperson of the China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF), addresses the cooperative ceremony in Beijing on May 18, 2021. [Photo by Wang Yanfang/China.org.cn] On May 18, 2021, Zhang Haidi, president of...
RI contributes to the protection of students with disabilities in Ethiopia from COVID-19
2 May 2021 | All news
Face masks were distributed to students with disabilities in Ethiopia earlier this year.Approved by Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International, and the executive committee of RI, RI Africa Fund supported a RI member organization - the Vision Community...
Zhang Haidi inspects preparation work for 2022 Paralympic Winter Games
28 April 2021 | All news
Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International, executive president of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and chairperson of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, paid inspection visits to the National Indoor...
Fund offers students with intellectual disability hope of continuing education
26 April 2021 | All news
While the education of many students with intellectual disability is usually provided at professional special agencies and schools with classes customized for their needs, some special programs are giving them the same opportunities to go to college as their peers....
Challenges remain to raising awareness on developmental disabilities
1 April 2021 | Recent Reports
Although President Ronald Reagan proclaimed March Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month in 1987, after the deinstitutionalization movement of the seventies and early eighties had laid the groundwork for social change necessary for people with developmental...
Livestreaming connects people with disabilities with the world
11 March 2021 | Recent Reports
“Hi there. Welcome to my channel. I love you all.” That’s how Jun Jun, a livestreaming host with disabilities, starts his program that has more than 3,000 followers. Not long ago, Jun refused to have any contact with other people, but through his livestreaming...
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