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Tech innovation empowers Asian Para Games

2 November 2023

High-tech assistive devices have made their appearance at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games, reflecting the deep care for people with disabilities and showcasing China's development of intelligent technologies to assist people with disabilities. Using a high-tech...

RI Global Position Paper: FROM SCHOOL TO WORK — Guidelines on how to support people with disabilities in education and into working life

24 January 2017 | All news, Position paper, Recent Reports

RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 FROM SCHOOL TO WORK Guidelines on how to support people with disabilities in education and into working life* *Decision of the RI Executive Committee meeting on October 22/23, 2016,...

RI Global What’s On: January 2017 Newsletter, a Hopeful Year Ahead

18 January 2017 | All news, Newsletters

RI Global What's On January 2017: RI Begins a Hopeful Year Ahead View this email in your browser Outgoing U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the White House during the UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) on 2 December 2016. January 2017...

RI Global Annual Report 2015: Reaching Toward the Future

21 December 2016 | All news, Recent Reports

RI Global: Annual Report 2015 View this email in your browser Annual Report 2015 Reaching toward a brighter future Nearly 32 years ago, the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) was not even on the agenda of the United Nations, the U.S. had not...

RI Global What’s On: December Newsletter, Day of Disabilities

14 December 2016 | All news, Newsletters

December What's On: Year in Review, Up Ahead View this email in your browser A disabled advocate enters the High-Level debate during the UN’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) on 2 December. December 2016 Newsletter: The Year in Review and Up Ahead...

RI Global Photo Essay: The UN International Day of Person with Disabilities

9 December 2016 | All news, From The Field

RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 Since 1992, the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) has been celebrated annually on 3 December around the world. The theme for this year’s International Day...

RI Global From the Field: International Day of Disabilities 2016 — SDGs and Inclusion of PwDs

7 December 2016 | All news, Press Releases

RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 Although the decade since the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities — one of the most widely-ratified human rights treaties in UN history — has...

RI Global What’s On: The World Congress Recap

25 November 2016 | All news, Newsletters

Newsletter: The World Congress Recap View this email in your browser The 23rd RI World Congress saw Princess Anne, Dr. Stephen Duckworth and Chinese performers converge on Edinburgh, Scotland from 25-27 October for a celebration of inclusiveness. Newsletter: RI World...

RI Global Press Release: President Zhang Haidi Launches Tech Competition

23 November 2016 | All news, From The Field

RI Global: Office of Communications Contact: Adrian Brune, +1 347-759-9501 On 22 November, Zhang Haidi kicked-off the 25th Global ICT Challenge for Youth with Disabilities (GITC), a capacity-building project that helps youth with disabilities in the Asia-Pacific...

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