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Seychelles: Persons with Hearing Impairment Get First Sign Language Dictionary | Best Brothers Group of Companies
SEYCHELLES: The hearing-impaired community in Seychelles has its own sign language dictionary for the first time. Photo: Seychelles Nation/Seychelles News AgencyAnita Gardner presenting a dictionary to the Speaker of the National Assembly, Nicholas Prea.The dictionary was launched last...
Disability Apps, Cards in Japan to Replace Paper Certificates for Ease of Use | Best Brothers Group of Companies
JAPAN: The process of acquiring and using disability certificates has long been cumbersome and impractical, but with plastic cards and smartphone apps gaining ground, things could get much simpler. Toshihito Isoya shows his Mirairo ID at Nakai Station...
Ability Foundation Announces EmployABILITY 2019 Job Fair for Persons with Disabilities | Best Brothers Group of Companies
Asia-Pacific, Events, News, November 15 2019INDIA: Ability Foundation has announced EmployABILITY 2019, the pioneering job fair for qualified persons with disabilities, to be held in Chennai on Tuesday 17 December 2019. EmployABILITY, the trend-setting job opportunities fair for persons with...
Trinidad and Tobago: Digicel Foundation Supports Persons with Hearing Impairment | Best Brothers Group of Companies
Americas, ICT, News, November 13 2019TRINIDAD and TOBAGO: Deaf and Hearing Impaired students who live in remote areas can now access academic studies through Information and Communication Technology. In its continued effort for the advancement of persons with special...
Dushanbe Forum Unites Against Disability Inequalities in Tajikistan | Best Brothers Group of Companies
Assistive Technology, News, November 12 2019The Dushanbe forum in Tajikistan has marked the adoption of a new and powerful declaration on disability issues and the first step to the follow-up of Tajikistan’s National Program on the Rehabilitation...
2Gether-International is Creating an Accelerator Program for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities | Best Brothers Group of Companies
Americas, Misc., News, November 8 2019UNITED STATES: For 2Gether-International founder Diego Mariscal, disabilities and entrepreneurship go hand-in-hand. “From the moment we wake up, we have to figure out how to get dressed, how to get from one place to the next,...
Scheme Helps Over 29,000 Persons with Disabilities Establish Startups | Best Brothers Group of Companies
Europe, Misc., News, November 7 2019United Kingdom: A funding initiative aimed at helping budding entrepreneurs to launch their own company by providing a cash injection of up to £25,000 has helped more than 29,000 disabled people establish their...
IIT Madras Launches Unique Wheelchair at Affordable Price | Best Brothers Group of Companies
Asia-Pacific, Assistive Technology, News, November 6 2019INDIA: A new affordable ‘standing wheelchair’ that enables persons with disabilities to shift between standing and sitting positions independently, has been indigenously designed by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in...
Egypt Launches Initiative to Employ Persons with Disabilities | Best Brothers Group of Companies
Africa, News, October 22 2019EGYPT: The Ministry of Social Solidarity on Sunday has launched an initiative to employ people with disabilities, in cooperation with a private company. The initiative, dubbed “Hayah”, comes as part of national efforts to...
Province to Provide $1.4 Billion to Make Schools More Accessible | Best Brothers Group of Companies
Americas, Built Environment, News, October 7 2019CANADA: Ontario is making its education system more inclusive to help all students in York Region reach their full potential in an accessible and supportive learning environment. When the education system is...
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