News & Events
Discover what Rehabilitation International is doing to address key issues in our community. Rehabilitation International provides summaries of its meetings and events, in addition to press releases, news from our members, and features.
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Meetings & Events
Webinar Psychosocial support for persons with spinal cord injury in African rural low income settings
Registration: https://shorturl.at/on4M8
Laureates of the Rehabilitation International Award for Outstanding Achievements 2023
In 2019, RI aiming to draw more attention to disability affairs and inspire greater contributions to a more equal, inclusive, and accessible society worldwide, initiated the Rehabilitation International Award for Outstanding Achievements, recognizing individuals...
RI Announces Award Winners of the RI Centennial Award for Significant Contribution
On the occasion of RI’s centennial anniversary, we have announced the RI Centennial Award of Significant Contributions that will be presented in conjunction with our Centennial Anniversary Celebrations that will take place in Beijing, China from May 20 to 23, 2023,...
Centenary Anniversary in 2023
100 Years · 1922- 2022Rehabilitation International (RI) is excited to announce that the 100th Anniversary Celebration will be held on May 19-23, 2023, in Beijing, China.We are celebrating 100 yearsThe 100th anniversary is a remarkable milestone for RI that grew from...
News from our Members
RI Newsletter May 2025
Dear Members of Rehabilitation International, Friends and Partners of Rehabilitation International, And All Interested Readers, Welcome to the May 2025 edition of the Rehabilitation International Newsletter. This issue brings you key highlights from across our global...
Rehabilitation International invites young people with disabilities to join its Youth Forum
The life situation of young people with disabilities differs significantly from those of adults and elderly people. This concerns, for example, questions about a person’s own identity, the decisions about choice of a profession and career planning, finding a partner...
Rehabilitation International invites young people with disabilities to join its Youth Forum
The life situation of young people with disabilities differs significantly from those of adults and elderly people. This concerns, for example, questions about a person’s own identity, the decisions about choice of a profession and career planning, finding a partner...
From our blog
Winners of the RI Awards for 2019
In 2019, RI aiming to draw more attention to disability affairs and inspire greater contributions to a more equal, inclusive, and accessible society worldwide, initiated the Rehabilitation International Award for Outstanding Achievements, recognizing...
Masks for persons with disabilities in South Africa, and staff of NCPD (2022)- funded by the Rehabilitation International Africa Fund
Background South Africa is currently under a National State of Disaster since the beginning of the first lock down of March 2019, currently on adjusted alert level 1, and dealing with the Omicron variant like other countries. Along with the exceptionally cold winters...
Training to prepare 30 persons with disabilities for the workplace in South Africa – funded by the Rehabilitation International Africa Fund
In South Africa the percentage of unemployed persons with disabilities are rising and have now exceeded 67%. The Recruitment process included persons with a wide variety of impairments such as blindness, Deaf people, persons with physical, psychosocial, and...
International Accessibility Symbol Design Competition
INTERNATIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SYMBOL DESIGN COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SYMBOL DESIGN COMPETITIONThe International Union of Architects (UIA) and Rehabilitation International (RI) are jointly inviting submissions for a twenty-first...
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