Ukrainians with disabilities remain trapped in conflict zones, UN committee says
Reuters Some people with disabilities in Ukraine remain trapped in life-threatening situations and must be evacuated to ensure they can access basic needs like food and heating as winter approaches, the UN disability rights committee said on Friday. The UN said in a special report that it was “gravely concerned” about the situation of people […]
Fate of Ukrainians with disabilities a “crisis within a crisis”
Lisbon, PortugalReuters A Ukrainian disability campaigner could barely hold back the tears when she told of a young man with cerebral palsy who she said was killed in a Russian air strike near Kyiv. Raisa Kravchenko, from VGO, a Ukrainian network of more than 100 local NGOs supporting people with intellectual disabilities, spoke to reporters […]
Disabilities
I have a friend from overseas. She’s amazed and humbled by the way Australia treats people with mental and physical disabilities. We value them. We seek to integrate them into our society. PICTURE: AbsolutVision/Unsplash In her home country having a child with a disability is seen as a curse from the gods. Many such children […]
EDUCATION: US CATHOLIC SCHOOLS STRUGGLE TO ACCOMMODATE DISABILITIES
HEATHER ADAMS, of Religion News Service, reports from the US state of Missouri on how the Catholic schools are working to help students with disabilities…