102 participants take part in the inaugural wheelchair marathon hosted by Central China's Hunan province on Thursday in Wulingyuan, a World Natural Heritage site in Zhangjiajie. They propelled their manual wheelchairs along a 5-kilometer route. [Xinhua] 102...
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Indonesia eyes semifinal spot in deaf futsal regional tournament
29 March 2019 | Recent Reports
Indonesia targeted to enter the semifinals at the 3rd Asia Pacific Deaf Futsal Championships slated for this week in Thailand, a minister said here on Thursday. Youth and Sport Minister Imam Nahrawi said the Indonesian team needs to meet the target as a prerequisite...
Kenya set to host Africa Deaf Athletics Championships in Nairobi
29 March 2019 | Recent Reports
Over 25 countries are expected to converge in Nairobi for this year's Africa Deaf Athletics championship, which will run from Sept. 16 to 22. It will be the first time that Kenya will be staging the competition, aiming to get the stadium full to capacity and recreate...
UN calls for funding to grant more disabled children quality education
29 March 2019 | Recent Reports
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is calling for investments in the availability and affordability of assistive technologies such as special tablets and lightweight wheelchairs, a UN spokesperson said Thursday. "Evidence points to millions of children with...
RI Global Newsletter, February 2019
11 March 2019 | All news, Newsletters
 UN Women held the Multi-Stakeholder Forum in the preparations for the CSW63 The sixty-third session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW63) will be held from 11 to 22 March 2019 in New York, under its priority theme “Social protection systems, access to...
RI Global Newsletter, January 2019
7 February 2019 | All news, Newsletters
The 57th Session of the Commission for Social Development (CScocD57) takes place in February The fifty-seventh session of the Commission for Social Development (CScoD 57) will take place from 11 to 21 February at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. The...
Dylan Alcott aces Australia Day
31 January 2019 | Recent Reports
An emotional Dylan Alcott claimed the Australian Open quad wheelchair title for a fifth straight year, crowned champion in front of a huge home crowd in Melbourne on Australia Day. Alcott downed US rival David Wagner 6-4, 7-6(2) in a see-sawing final on Rod Laver...
Alpine Worlds 2019: Ski wax maestros
31 January 2019 | Recent Reports
Down on the concrete slabs of the underground parking of a hotel packed with Para alpine skiers, burly men in aprons are hard at work with the smell of melted wax lingering in the air and drilling noises cutting through the pounding rhythms of a boombox. As the...
Alpine Worlds 2019: The perfect tribute
31 January 2019 | Recent Reports
It was a moment for the family photo album - Canadian Para alpine skier Frederique Turgeon slumped on one knee at the finish line of her first World Championships, exhausted and emotional, as she realised the enormity of what she had just achieved. A month ago, Ronald...
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