Asia-Pacific
Disability Inclusion Startups in India to Get Funding for Innovation | Best Brothers Group of Companies
Asia-Pacific, Assistive Technology, July 3 2019 The figures are alarming! India has anywhere between 4-8 crore disabled individuals, which is one in 12 households. Many disabled kids don’t attend school and disabled adults don’t go to work...
ASEAN Summit Focuses on Inclusive Tourism Development | Best Brothers Group of Companies
Asia-Pacific, Tourism, June 29 2019 BANGKOK: ASEAN’s tourism objectives filtered through during last week’s high powered ASEAN summit in Bangkok with a call for renewed commitment to pursue sustainable, inclusive and balanced tourism development. That was the...
South Korea Focuses on Developing Robotic Healthcare | Best Brothers Group of Companies
Asia-Pacific, Assistive Technology, June 25 2019 The Ministry of Health and Welfare has secured 1.3 billion won ($1.1 million) for developing care robots for the elderly and disabled, the ministry said Monday. The ministry-affiliated National Rehabilitation Center...
New Chinese University to Focus on Rehabilitation Talent Cultivation | Best Brothers Group of Companies
Asia-Pacific, Assistive Technology, June 11 2019 Construction on the University of Rehabilitation Studies, a higher education institution designed for cultivating rehabilitation studies talent, formally began Tuesday with an inauguration ceremony in Qingdao, east China’s Shangdong Province. This...
Global Apex Body of Airline Operators Passes Key Resolutions to Make Travel More Accessible | Best Brothers Group of Companies
Asia-Pacific, Tourism, June 4 2019 Improving airline infrastructure and facilities for people with disabilities, global deployment of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) for baggage tracking and facilitating implementation of biometrics based One ID process were some of the...
Stakeholders Find Weaknesses in ICT Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill | Best Brothers Group of Companies
Asia-Pacific, ICT, May 21 2019 PAKISTAN: Stakeholders have identified weaknesses in the ICT Rights of Persons with Disabilities Bill before a parliamentary committee on human rights considers it next week, and have urged the committee to seek insight...
Opinion: India’s General Elections 2019 Focused on Inclusion | Best Brothers Group of Companies
Asia-Pacific, Built Environment, May 20 2019 April 11 was voting day in Noida. It was Phase 1 of the festival of democracy, the biggest elections in the world. I was excited, curious and a little apprehensive. The...
Chinese President Lauds Role Models with Disabilities and their Supporters | Best Brothers Group of Companies
Asia-Pacific, News, May 17 2019 Chinese President Xi Jinping on May 16 met in Beijing with representatives attending a ceremony commending role models with disabilities and people who have made outstanding contributions to helping the disabled. President...
Sightsavers’ Approach to Making Health Services Inclusive for Everyone | Best Brothers Group of Companies
by Best Brothers Group on May 15, 2019 at 11:58 pm Americas, ICT, News, May 15 2019 Four household names in technology, consumer goods, and banking are partnering with Be My Eyes to ensure the accessibility...
Beyond Braille Series Brings a New Visual Language to Children with Visual Impairment | Best Brothers Group of Companies
Asia-Pacific, Universal Design, May 14 2019 INDIA: It’s called Ranchhod Sees the World and it’s an illustration picture book about Ranchhod Soni, a visually impaired teacher in Gujarat, who has not disability come in the way of discovering new things....
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