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CBR Forum E-News Bulletin - A Compilation of News, Information and Updates April 2011 - CBR Forum - E- News Bulletin First issue: Oct 2007, Current Issue No. #44 Networking, Advocacy and Lobbying - in promoting the rights of persons with disabilities and enhance the potential to exercise these rights. Compiled by: C. Mahesh, Advocacy Coordinator [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> A: INDIA A1: VERDIT HC directive to KPSC second time in a week For the second time in seven days, the High Court has directed the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) to issue a corrigendum about the notification issued for new posts. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/155671/hc-directive-kpsc-second-time.html RDPR order makes no reservation for disabled Despite a government order stating that five per cent of the jobs should be reserved for disabled people in C and D groups, a recent notification of recruitment issued on March 18 by the Department of Panchayat Raj and Rural Development is a clear violation of the GO. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/149133/rdpr-order-makes-no-reservation.html Can't deny disability dues to army men retired before 1996: Supreme Court In a major relief to army officers removed from fighting force on specific medical grounds such as injury, the Supreme Court (SC) ruled on Thursday that the government could not restrict disability pension to officers invalided after January 1, 1996. http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_cant-deny-disability-dues-to-armymen-retired-before-1996-supreme-court_1526852 AFT gives landmark decision on disability pension Providing colossal relief for thousands of pre-1996 defense retirees, the Armed Forces Tribunal has directed the central government to enable disability pension at par with post-96 retirees, based on the recommendations of the fifth pay commission regarding broad-banding of disability percentage. http://www.hindustantimes.com/AFT-gives-landmark-decision-on-disability-pension/Article1-679834.aspx#<http://www.hindustantimes.com/AFT-gives-landmark-decision-on-disability-pension/Article1-679834.aspx> A2: AUTONOMY Voting with dignity; the disabled want inclusion not charity CHENNAI: The disabled insist that they want inclusion, not charity born out of pity. But in this election, their voting depended on others' help. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Voting-with-dignity-the-disabled-want-inclusion-not-charity/articleshow/7976681.cms VOTE FOR ALL - Jeeja Ghosh Calcutta, Do people with disabilities have the right to exercise their franchise and contest as electoral candidates? This vital aspect has remained unexplored for decades as far as the rights of people with disabilities are concerned. http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110407/jsp/opinion/story_13817452.jsp HC backs e-ticketing for disabled Supporting the idea of e-ticketing facility for the physically challenged, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to the Railways and the central government on a PIL demanding web reservation for them at concessional rates. http://www.indianexpress.com/news/HC-backs-e-ticketing-for-disabled/769587/ A3: EDUCATION School disregards disabled boy's form Delhi, Commission for Disabilities orders that child be admitted; institute yet to act. Four-year-old Aarav Porwal suffers from hearing impairment. His parents had filled his admission form at Mother's International School, Sri Aurobindo Marg in the Capital in the hope that he would get admission there under disabled category. However, when the school came out with the list of children selected for admission in nursery, Aarav's parents found that their son's name was not there. http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/apr/250411-news-delhi-Nursery-admission-disabled-form.htm Persons with disability to be trained in marketing Vidya Sagar, an organization working with children with cerebral palsy and other neurological disabilities, has proposed to train persons with disability to sell their products in the mainstream market. http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Chennai/article1599923.ece Relief for disabled PG medical students Two physically disabled students, who have topped the common entrance test (CET) and completed their under graduate course in medical and dental, and wanted to pursue post graduate courses, got a major relief from the Bombay high court on Friday, the authorities have been directed by the court to consider their application for non-clinical and Para clinical courses, under the physically disabled category, on the basis of their performance in the CET. http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_relief-for-disabled-pg-medical-students_1527299 A4: EMPLOYMENT Deaf seek level field on disability NEW DELHI: The hearing impaired on Friday moved the Supreme Court seeking parity with the blind and other physically challenged people in government service in promotions and allowance entitlements. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-19/india/29145914_1_disabled-people-visible-disabilities-people-in-government-jobs Denied job, 'blind' music teacher writes to CJ An academic from Bhuj has written the Chief Justice of the Gujarat High Court asking for an appointment so that he could meet him with "18 blind music teachers waiting for a job as vidya sahayak in Kutch." http://www.indianexpress.com/news/denied-job-blind-music-teacher-writes-to-cj/772355/ 'Compensation will not last long, I need govt job,' says athlete who lost leg Bareilly/New Delhi: Twenty three-year-old national level volleyball player Arunima Sinha, who lost her leg after being thrown out of a train by robbers, today demanded a government job saying that a "small compensation" will not help her. (Read and Watch: 25K - Govt's offer for athlete who lost leg) Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/compensation-will-not-last-long-i-need-govt-job-says-athlete-who-lost-leg-98405?cp India's first call Centre for the disabled launched in Chembur Until four months ago, Rajeev Mehta, a resident of Ghatkopar (W), stood on his crutches, manning a lemon juice stall for 12 hours every day, despite the fact that he had studied till Std XI and received training in basic computer operations from city-based National Society for Equal Opportunities for the Handicapped (NASEOH). "A job at a call Centre was impossible, as they accept only HSC-passed candidates," says Rajeev, 30. http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report_indias-first-call-centre-for-the-disabled-launched-in-chembur_1526860 A5: ACCESS BU to help visually challenged students Bangalore University has approved various action plans for helping the varsity's visually challenged students at a meeting chaired by Vice-Chancellor N Prabhu Dev recently. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/156382/bu-help-visually-challenged-students.html Intex launches mobile phone for visually impaired New Delhi, Apr 19: Mobile handset maker, Intex Technologies, on Tuesday launched a dual SIM handset, designed for the visually impaired, priced at Rs 2,600. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/info-tech/article1709633.ece Youth develops software for blind A 22-year-old youth from Soraba has developed text-to-speech software to enable the blind read Kannada script on computer. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/149630/youth-develops-software-blind.html 'Kanaja' now accessible for the blind too 'Kanaja,' the Kannada web portal launched by the Karnataka Knowledge Commission is now accessible to visually-challenged too. Software installed on the portal 'gives voice' to the text on the website. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/156361/kanaja-now-accessible-blind-too.html Special ATMs for blind nowhere to be seen Despite instructions from the Reserve Bank of India that all banks should have one third of their ATMs with Braille keypads and audio aid, there are just four such machines in the city for the visually impaired http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/apr/110411-News-Bangalore-RBI-Special-ATM-Braille-keypads-HDFC-bank-ICICI-bank.htm Bank policies disable the visually impaired BANGALORE: If you're visually challenged, you can certainly play the piano, but you can't get money out of most ATM machines in hi-tech Bangalore. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-10/bangalore/29403063_1_atm-cards-cheque-books-third-party-cheques "Most planned city in India" forgotten its disabled population Chandigarh, India, Apr 25: Life is not easy for disabled people in Chandigarh, more so if they plan to move around the city as they face several roadblocks everywhere. http://globalaccessibilitynews.com/2011/04/25/%E2%80%9Cmost-planned-city-in-india%E2%80%9D-forgotten-its-disabled-population/ Red Fort: Well kept, disabled-friendly The World Heritage Site of Red Fort has won the National Tourism Award for the 'Best Maintained & Disabled Friendly Monument'. Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar, union tourism minister Subodh Kant Sahai and actor Priyanka Chopra presented the award in a ceremony held in the http://www.hindustantimes.com/Red-Fort-Well-kept-disabled-friendly/Article1-679165.aspx#<http://www.hindustantimes.com/Red-Fort-Well-kept-disabled-friendly/Article1-679165.aspx> Only 3 disabled-friendly parks in Bangalore Despite the Garden City tag, Bangalore still has a long way to go to make it accessible to the disabled people. Of nearly 710 parks in Bangalore, only three- Coles Park, MN Krishna Park in Basavangudi and Gayatri Devi Park in Rajajinagar- are wheelchair-friendly or 'inclusive'. http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report_only-3-disabled-friendly-parks-in-bangalore_1528012 Sawai Mansingh Stadium in India inaccessible for people with disabilities JAIPUR, Apr 16: Cricket may have won today at Sawai Mansingh Stadium (SMS) and people had the best of their times, but for 25-year-old cricket fan Somya Dawar, it was a disappointing day. http://globalaccessibilitynews.com/2011/04/16/sawai-mansingh-stadium-in-india-inaccessible-for-people-with-disabilities/ NGO wants access for disabled men on WR's Ladies Spl Should male handicapped commuters have access to coaches meant for disabled on Ladies Special trains? This question has kicked off a debate with NGO Disability Advocacy Group (DAG) on one side and the railways on the other. http://www.mumbaimirror.com/article/2/2011041820110418021806518b319e0ac/NGO-wants-access-for-disabled-men-on-WR%E2%80%99s-Ladies-Spl.html A6: POLICY/ PROGRAMMES State to raise aid for disabled RANCHI: The state government has decided to increase the monthly financial assistance to the differently abled. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/State-to-raise-aid-for-disabled/articleshow/7810384.cms Ministry rejects NAC methodology of identifying priority households The Sonia Gandhi-headed National Advisory Council celebrated on Thursday its first major success, in its second avatar, in blocking the government's efforts to dilute the landmark Right to Information Act. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1568876.ece India's Minister of HRD Kapil Sibal stresses for developing special plan for people with disabilities New Delhi, Apr 19: Union Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD) Kapil Sibal today said there was a need for developing a national special skill development plan for people with disabilities (PwDs). http://www.dailyindia.com/show/435391.php Give benefits of disabled to hemophilia patients' CHENNAI: The Madras Medical College has appealed to the state government to consider giving the status of physically challenged to hemophilia (bleeding disorder) patients. Experts say that awareness about this disease is low even among the medical fraternity in Tamil Nadu. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-17/chennai/29427609_1_haemophilia-patients-medical-fraternity-doctors A7: LEGISLATION "Why two different Bills on mental Health?" Disability rights groups are up in arms against the divergent views being taken by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on the rights of persons with disabilities. http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article1553668.ece 'Reform legal rights of disabled people' Activists and doctors are up in arms against two ministries taking completely opposite points of view on the legal rights of people with disabilities and mental illnesses. The Disability Rights Bill 2010 drafted by the ministry of social justice, which is out for public discussion, mentions full leg al capacity to people with disability that include people living with mental illness. The Mental Health Care Bill 2010, also open currently for public debate, however, talks of providing restricted legal capacity to people living with mental illness. http://www.hindustantimes.com/Reform-legal-rights-of-disabled-people/Article1-676944.aspx#<http://www.hindustantimes.com/Reform-legal-rights-of-disabled-people/Article1-676944.aspx> A8: DISCRIMINATION Life Insurance: V Philip Both my lower limbs are polio-afflicted. However, I am sufficiently independent and the physical disability does not affect my mobility. Recently, I applied for a term insurance policy. A life insurer has stipulated a premium that is 60 per cent higher than the premium applicable for a person with no disability. http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/life-insurance-v-philip/431234/ A9: APATHY Parents abandon baby with Down syndrome in India Mumbai, Apr 10: Newborn diagnosed with Down's syndrome and congenital heart defect abandoned at JJ Hospital; parents' telephone and address invalid. http://media-dis-n-dat.blogspot.com/2011/04/in-india-parents-abandon-baby-with-down.html Rescued from self-confinement, Noida woman dies Noida: A day after she was rescued from her Noida home, Anuradha Bhal has died in the hospital. She, along with her sister Sonali, both in their 40s, was rescued from their home yesterday. They had not stepped out of their house in six months. Read more at: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/rescued-from-self-confinement-noida-woman-dies-98047?cp Disabled man consumes poison, tries to meet chief minister Raipur, April 7 (IANS) In a desperate move to attract attention to his condition, a disabled youth approached Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh's house for financial help but after having consumed poison earlier. He vomited and collapsed at the gate of Singh's house here Thursday. http://www.inewsone.com/2011/04/07/disabled-man-consumes-poison-tries-to-meet-chief-minister A10: EXPLOITATION Disabled phone booth operators being fleeced Say they're forced to pay two-thirds of their collective income of Rs 1.5 crore a month as cuts to NGO and service provider, who helped them set the booths up http://www.mid-day.com/news/2011/apr/180411-disabled-phone-booth-operators-fleeced.htm Despite a GO, disabled are asked to buy tickets Physically disabled and visually challenged persons can travel free of cost in Vajra (Volvo) by availing a bus pass issued by the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC). http://www.deccanherald.com/content/150163/despite-go-disabled-asked-buy.html A11: SAFETY Speech-and-hearing impaired boy washed away in drain BANGALORE: A 16-year-old boy drowned in Nayandahalli Lake off Mysore Road on Saturday morning. Manikanttan fell into a storm water drain from where he was washed away into the lake around 9am. A neighbour saw him falling into the drain but by the time he called for help, the boy was washed away. Rescue workers recovered the body around 6.15pm. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-23/bangalore/29466383_1_storm-water-drain-fire-force-heavy-rain Disabled woman killed by speeding bus Mumbai, April 4 (IANS) A polio-stricken woman was killed here Monday after she was hit by a speeding state transport bus as she was crossing the road, police said. http://www.sify.com/news/disabled-woman-killed-by-speeding-bus-news-national-leet4nhdcaj.html A12: EXCELLENCE Polio-afflicted man tours country on tricycle BHUBANESWAR: Kuldeep Singh, a 45-year-old bachelor from Punjab is a burning example of grit and determination in the face of adversity. Singh, who suffers from polio, did not let his disability come in the way of fulfilling his wish: Touring the country on a tricycle. After covering around 6,110 km, touching several states, he reached here last week. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Polio-afflicted-man-tours-country-on-tricycle/articleshow/7810772.cms Blind singers have Kalam for audience That former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam is adept at striking a chord with the youth is well known. It was, however, Kalam's love for music and Thiruvalluvar, the great Tamil poet that took him to the doorstep of Roshan and Ritvik, the visually challenged brothers known for their singing abilities, during his recent visit to the City. http://www.deccanherald.com/content/154769/blind-singers-have-kalam-audience.html He danced his way to recognition CHANDIGARH: Despite 70% disability in his left leg due to polio, Harinder Pal Singh of Chandigarh had the grit to form the first bhangra group of India with physically challenged persons as members. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-16/chandigarh/28698467_1_bhangra-dance-national-youth-award A13: EARLY IDENTIFICATION Next gen innovation: Adapting technology for human need Chennai's Ajit Narayanan was awarded as the 'Innovator of the Year' for his project, 'Avaz', on empowering those with speech disabilities. Alafia Merchant, 32, pursuing medical studies in Canada, was awarded as 'Humanitarian of the Year' for her effort to come up with an easy method to spot eye disorders in young children. http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/next-gen-innovation-adapting-technology-for-human-need/429169/ All hospitals in state to test babies for disabilities? MUMBAI: Every baby born in a hospital across the state will be tested for disabilities if the state government and the Bombay high court have their way. Maharashtra advocate general Ravi Kadam informed a division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice S J Vazifdar on Friday that the state would issue instructions to all hospitals about screening newborn babies. Every hospital-public as well as private-will have to conduct the tests on the baby. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-19/mumbai/29145827_1_disability-certificates-disabled-child-newborn-babies Parents, docs welcome disability screening NAGPUR: City pediatricians have welcomed the recent proposal of state government on mandatory screening of every new born for disabilities in all private as well as government hospitals. The doctors, parents, social workers and activists, however, feel that making the screening process viable would require a lot of conscious effort and political will. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Parents-docs-welcome-disability-screening/articleshow/7876024.cms B: INTERNATIONAL NEWS Laws passed for people with disabilities to vote in Sri Lanka Apr 05: Visually impaired and persons with disabilities will be able to vote with the assistance of another person under the Elections Special Provisions Bills passed in Parliament today. http://news.janadhipathi.com/2011/04/06/laws-passed-for-visually-impaired-handicapped-to-vote-2/ 'Do touch': World's first deaf-blind acting group in Jaffa Apr 06: In Tel Aviv's Jaffa port, there is an old warehouse overlooking the Mediterranean. There you can find the "Nalaga'at" Center, the world's only professional deaf-blind acting ensemble. The theater is composed of 11 actors, with genetic disorder called Usher syndrome, which results in acute deafness at birth, followed by gradual loss of vision. http://www.jpost.com/LifeStyle/Article.aspx?id=215230 How do you determine if someone has a disability? The regulations keep the ADA's definition of the term "disability" as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; a record (or past history) of such an impairment; or being regarded as having a disability. But the regulations implement the significant changes that Congress made regarding how those terms should be interpreted." http://mainstreetbusinessjournal.com/articleview.php?articlesid=5674&volume=14&issue=9 2012 Paralympic countdown hits 500-day mark With 500 days to go to the start of the 2012 Paralympics, already there is plenty of speculation that London will host the most spectacular Games ever seen. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/disability_sport/13065994.stm Women with Disabilities Day Women with Disabilities Day observed on March 28 aims to increase awareness about the rights and situation of women with disabilities by serving as a portal of resources and work of the United Nations in this area. http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/311659/women-with-disabilities-day Chinese website portal launched to ensure disabled people better access to public information Apr 21: A Chinese website portal was launched Tuesday to provide the country's nearly 83 million disabled people with better access to information services. Sponsored by the China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF), the website, www.cdpsn.org.cn<http://www.cdpsn.org.cn/> , is the country's first national-level online portal specializing in serving the disabled. http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-04/19/c_13836299.htm Help urged for disabled rape victims Being a disabled woman in Korea means you are exposed to double discrimination: for being physically or mentally challenged and for being female http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest%2BNews/Asia/Story/A1Story20110420-274696.html Russian burns self to death over disability certificate Moscow, Apr 18: A 60-year-old Russian died after setting himself on fire at a hospital Friday to protest against doctors not granting him a disability certificate. http://www.siasat.com/english/news/russian-burns-self-death-over-disability-certificate President of South Korea Lee Myung-bak calls for ways to better support people with disabilities Apr 18: President Lee Myung-bak has called on Koreans to do away with negative and ignorant stereotypes about disabled people. https://www.arirang.co.kr/News/News_View.asp?nseq=115004&code=Ne2&category=2 One-legged wrestler wins college title PHILADELPHIA: Anthony Robles, born without a right leg, won the US national collegiate wrestling title at 125 pounds on Saturday, completing an unbeaten senior season and an amazing tale. http://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/learning-from-news/231277/what-disability New Zealand's disabled athletes boycott Jetstar over wheelchair policy Apr 14: Jetstar is facing more criticism of its wheelchair policy after it refused to fly some of New Zealand's top disabled athletes. http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/paralympians-boycott-jetstar-over-wheelchair-policy-4121047 Katie Price calls for sacking of boss Glamour model Katie Price a.k.a. Jordan has in a letter to the government demanded that Channel 4 sacks the boss responsible for a vile attack on her disabled son Harvey. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-04-11/news-interviews/29405778_1_channel-harvey-chief-executive Kenya's mentally ill locked up and forgotten The tin shack looks like any other in a patch of small plots on the dusty outskirts of Nairobi. It's the haunting sound that grabs you, the awful moaning and cries coming from within. http://articles.cnn.com/2011-02-25/world/kenya.forgotten.health_1_neglect-kenyans-autistic-children?_s=PM:WORLD Gulf Disability Forum calls for enactment of legislation KUWAIT CITY, Apr 07The 11th Gulf Disability Forum recommended here Thursday the enforcement of Gulf and international laws and legislations pertinent to disabled persons in the GCC member states. http://asia.world247.net/kuwait-news/gulf-disability-forum-calls-for-enactment-of-legislation/ In Bangladesh, separate census for disabled people demanded Dhaka, Apr 07: A local network of organisations working with the disabled has demanded separate census for disabled people. http://www.daily-sun.com/?view=details&type=daily_sun_news&pub_no=181&cat_id=1&menu_id=9&news_type_id=1&index=3&archiev=yes&arch_date=08-04-2011 Software helps people with disabilities use computer mouse SEATTLE, Apr 09: U.S. computer scientists say a free software program can help people with motor disabilities that have trouble using a computer mouse. http://esciencenews.com/sources/upi/2011/04/08/software.helps.disabled.use.computer.mouse Japanese with disabilities struggle in disaster aftermath OTSUCHI, Apr 09: Sachiko Miura had no warning before a huge tsunami slammed into the small Japanese fishing village where she has lived all her life -- because she could not hear the sirens. http://www.mysinchew.com/node/55868 Singapore Invests $3.5 Million To Help Persons With Disabilities The Government will provide up to $3.5million to the Open Door Fund (ODF) over the next 3 years to help companies create employment opportunities for persons with disabilities. http://www.thegovmonitor.com/world_news/asia/singapore-invests-3-5-million-to-help-persons-with-disabilities-47971.html C: RESOURCES - Newsletter, Publication, Journal, Study, Website A WHO manual to work with children with speech and hearing impairment in Telugu Rural Development Trust (RDT), Anantapur has translated the WHO manual, 'Let us communicate' in to Telugu and has printed limited number of copies. To order copies of this book please write directly to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> , [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Guidance document: effective use of international human rights monitoring mechanisms to protect the rights of persons with disabilities This guidance document provides practical strategies and advice to disabled people's organizations (DPOs) and DPO coalitions on the international human rights mechanisms. http://search.asksource.info/cf/display/bibliodisplay.cfm?db=biball&ID=35898&StartRow=1&search=UNCRPD&display=full Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities This study is on the challenges and good practices in the implementation of the United Nations Convention. To read in English only, go to http://www.study-uncrpd.eu/files/repository/20110126162849_VC20081214_FINAL_REPORT_101010.pdf Spinal Cord Injury - Melanie Ried Video link The Video link of a programme on SCI on BBC http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeeyIzGabxI Source News Source is an international information support Centre designed to strengthen the management, use and impact of information on health and disability. To search the full collection, please visit: www.asksource.infoa<http://www.asksource.infoa/> Poem on Diversity in CBSE Text Book Our Poem on Inclusion in CBSE Text Book and our efforts... http://ngopost.org/story/poem-diversity-cbse-text-book Trinayani Disability Awareness Film - TRIUMPH TOGETHER Sharing the link to 19 awareness videos created by Trinayani http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-ucM6B3bQg&playnext=1&list=PLC8C8DE6D045EC929 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-ucM6B3bQg&playnext=1&list=PLC8C8DE6D045EC929 Global Disability Rights Library Newsletter - April 2011 http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?llr=xmiyfhdab&v=001YqL8bqhr7N6xw0ew_OzmlCHYfHQvpcZ25r5FStS_v2yp3nZgZcoAsPlDFwRaAcBx1ucB4wv2SpErcM_UDlYQ9tVLBHCYF-_UqBo3pqBsQW4uCuo_omGbJkGJAjnv9ow6Pc0qdA6-1I_MpnsD46IZyA%3D%3D "What's disability to me?" - 3rd film promoting the World report on disability The third film in the "What's disability to me?" series, promoting the forthcoming launch of the World report on disability, is now live on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_2ZEwhh9WQ DAA Newsletter - April issue The latest issue of the DAA Newsletter is now available online at: http://www.daa.org.uk/?page=newsletter Women with Disabilities Are More at Risk for Breast Cancer, Says Study NEW YORK - Women with physical disabilities have fewer clinical breast exams and mammograms than non-disabled women, and are therefore more receptive to all the attendant risks, from later diagnosis to more serious illness to a greater risk of death. http://www.brooklyneagle.com/categories/category.php?category_id=21&id=42799 D: ANNOUNCEMENTS International Course on Disability & Development Registration is open for the International Course on Disability & Development at the VU University Amsterdam, to be held from November 28 until December 23, 2011. 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