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Zhang Haidi hails tech’s role in disability care

6 September 2024

By Wang Yanfang Intro: Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International, highlighted the transformative power of technology for people with disabilities at the International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology in Shanghai last...

The Inspirers: Indonesian school provides safe space for disabled children

27 December 2018 | Recent Reports

A school on the outskirts of Bandung, West Java is doing its part to create awareness for disabled children and provide a safe space for them to learn. Tatang was only seven years old when a surgery to improve his vision went wrong, leaving him permanently blind. It...

Huawei’s new AI app enriches story time for deaf children

27 December 2018 | Recent Reports

Learning to read is hard work for any kid. For deaf and hard-of-hearing children, it is even more challenging. Chinese mobile giant Huawei recently launched StorySign, a free mobile app that translates children's books into sign language, so as to enrich family story...

Philippines deploying deaf tour guides to help tourists with impaired hearing

25 December 2018 | Recent Reports

Deaf tourists can now tour the Philippines with ease. The Department of Tourism (DOT) of the Philippines said on Wednesday that it is training deaf tour guides who can show around tourists who have impaired hearing. So far, Philippine Tourism Secretary Bernadette...

Indonesia to resume fund raising run for disabled persons

25 December 2018 | Recent Reports

The 6th Fund Raising Run event would be held across two provinces in Java, expected to raise some 2.5 billion rupiahs (about 174,600 U.S. dollars) to help finance the education for disabled persons in Indonesia, the organizing committee said here on Friday. The...

RI Global joins the Steering Committee on Accessibility

22 December 2018 | Recent Reports

The launch ceremony of the Steering Committee on Accessibility (SCA) kicked off at the Headquarters of United Nations in New York on November 28, 2018. At the invitation of Maria Fernanda Espinosa, the President of the General Assembly of the 73rd Session,...

RI Global Newsletter, November 2018: Empowering Persons with Disabilities and Ensuring Inclusiveness and Equality

5 December 2018 | All news, Newsletters

RI Global General Assembly and Executive Committee Meetings Rehabilitation International held several successful meetings and its 2018 annual Governing Assembly in Berlin 1-6 November 2018 hosted by its member, DGUV with the full support of DVfR. At the opening...

RI Global continues its work for the empowerment of persons with disabilities

4 December 2018 | All news, Press Releases

The United Nations commemorated the 2018 International Day of Persons with Disabilities at the UN Headquarters on 3 December, under the theme "Empowering Persons with Disabilities and Ensuring Inclusiveness and Equality". Ms. Venus Ilagan, Secretary-General...

Rehabilitation International Asia and Pacific Regional Conference 2019

29 November 2018 | All news, Press Releases

"Together, leaving no one behind, in disability-inclusive and rights-based progress". The Rehabilitation International Asia and Pacific Regional Conference 2019 will be held in Macau from 26 to 28 June 2019. The Conference aims to share good practices and...

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