Dear Members of Rehabilitation International, Friends and Partners of Rehabilitation International, And All Interested Readers, Welcome to the March 2025 edition of the Rehabilitation International Newsletter! In this issue, we bring you key highlights, including:...
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Across China: Deaf-mute food delivery team breaks silence
9 December 2019 | Recent Reports
As the city of Chengdu in southwest China wakes up to another boisterous workday, a little-known food delivery company starts its businesses in silence. Clad in bright orange, black and pink T-shirts, a team of 28 begins to receive orders, cook, pack and deliver...
Argentina’s Fernandez, Australia’s Alcott look to calendar wheelchair Grand Slams at US Open
9 December 2019 | Recent Reports
The US Tennis Association announced the field for the 2019 US Open wheelchair competition on Thursday as Argentina's Gustavo Fernandez and Australia's Dylan Alcott look to calendar Grand Slam in New York next month. The US Open wheelchair competition, in its 12th...
Guangdong hospital offers shared wheelchair service
9 December 2019 | Recent Reports
A public hospital in southern Guangdong Province is pioneering a shared wheelchair service to patients who need walking assistance temporarily. Eighteen shared wheelchairs have gone into operation starting this week at the Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, a...
Feature: Gazan amputee driver struggles to put life back on track
9 December 2019 | Recent Reports
It's not easy to accept yourself without legs, but you can challenge your fears and continue your life as a normal guy," Saad Allah Annaba, 39, told Xinhua while sitting in his wheelchair and cleaning his white car. Living in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza Strip, Annaba...
Fiji gov’t introduces housing assistance program to disabled
9 December 2019 | Recent Reports
Fiji government has introduced a housing assistance program for people with disabilities, according to Fijivillage news website. Fiji's Minister for Housing Premila Kumar said in parliament on Wednesday that a housing assistance program was introduced in the second...
Disabled girl feels confident and courageous when practicing Guzhe
5 December 2019 | Recent Reports
Fruit pit carving helps disabled people make living on their own
5 December 2019 | Recent Reports
Founded by Ci Xiang, a 31-year-old man with intellectual disability, a service center named after him has given free lessons to 17 disabled people on fruit pit carving since 2016. Ci started learning the fruit pit carving in 2013 under the...
Norwegian government urges big companies to recruit more disabled jobseekers
5 December 2019 | Recent Reports
The Norwegian government sent a letter to 100 large companies, requesting that they hire more people with disabilities and gaps in their resumes, news agency NTB reported Wednesday. Among the companies that received the letter were Norway's multinational oil and gas...
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