A study from Sweden casts doubt on the long-assumed superiority of interdisciplinary treatment (IDT) for chronic pain patients receiving partial disability pensions. Despite IDT’s prominence in national healthcare strategies, researchers found no significant...
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Athens Santa Run supports children welfare, sports
5 January 2020 | Recent Reports
Hundreds of runners dressed in Santa Claus suits took to the streets of the center of the Greek capital on Sunday for the 6th edition of the Athens Santa Run. Organized by local sports clubs under the auspices of the City of Athens, the event which is held in many big...
Ghana hosts four-nation goalball tournament
5 January 2020 | Recent Reports
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 to take multi-pronged measures to keep employment stable
5 January 2020 | Recent Reports
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...
Brazil launches campaign against domestic violence
5 January 2020 | Recent Reports
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...
Profile: Handless headmaster in village school
5 January 2020 | Recent Reports
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 to host Africa wheelchair basketball qualifiers for Paralympics
5 January 2020 | Recent Reports
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...
Study probes into how gene mutation causes autism, intellectual disability
5 January 2020 | Recent Reports
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....
Netizens express support for widen use of guide dogs in public
5 January 2020 | Recent Reports
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...
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