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Hidden talents - the UK group helping disabled people get creative

NE-Extra-Nov01-650.jpg Not a Bulletin Network Europe Extra – 1 November 2009: Hidden talents - the UK group helping disabled people to bring out their creative side. Tour starts here - meet ...

Parents with disabled children to get bonus

is making an extra 17 million euros available for families with chronically ill or disabled children ... child with a chronic illness or disability. To be eligible for the extra benefit, the partner ... , disability, disability benefits, the Netherlands, Youth and Family Minister André Rouvoet) ...

Bridging the digital isolation of the deaf in Africa

to education for learners with disabilities. That includes deaf people, who can benefit much from adapted ... 4 January 2010 13:45 (Africa, Africa in Progress, deaf, disabilities) ...

Jobs for disabled youth

  Social Affairs Minister Piet Hein Donner recently presented plans to help disabled young people find employment. One of the reasons is that their numbers are increasing at an explosive rate. At the moment 170,000 young people ...

Microkrediet Nederland ENG

Microkrediet Nederland ENG Arnold knew there was a gap in the market for a moped rental agency. However, the bank would not grant a loan to a 57-year-old man on disability benefits. Microcredit provides him with an independent life, even in a rich country like the Netherlands ...

Extrajudicial killings: a case history

program about The right to die and wanted to make the case that he, as a disabled person, should have the right to choose when and how to end his life – and not have disabled activist groups protect him from ... 0:30 - 19 November 2009 19:45 (Abranches Penicela, disabled ...

Stevie Wonder becomes UN peace messenger

appointed “UN messenger of peace” with a special focus on people with disabilities. UN Secretary ... .     Photo: Stevie Wonder - Flickr/Loren Javier (Ban Ki-moon, disabilities, Stevie Wonder, UN ...

To die or not to die

die and to an American disability activist who finds the practice threatening.   [media ... for an exceptionally sensitive and thought-provoking show. (anorexia, Bert Keizer, disability, Down's Syndrome ...

Less restraint used in Dutch institutions

centre indicates increasingly fewer elderly and mentally disabled people are being subject to restraint ... restraining measures have been greatly reduced. Elderly and mentally disabled residents are also being given ...

The right to independence

to the segment   Disabled and dependent Nick is a quarterback-sized 18-year-old who can easily ... , and he’s not always continent. Nick is severely intellectually disabled and his mother Mary Lou talks ... and quickly executed. (child slave, disabilities, human rights, independent seniors, Kurds, Morocco ...

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