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Kohima, September 16 (MExN): The office of Nagaland State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, in collaboration with Bumblebee Inclusive School, Kohima and Shishu Sarothi Regional Center for Disability Studies and Action (SS-RRC-DSA), Guwahati cond

The Power of Hoʻokuʻi: Joining Together to Build our Future will premiere on Thursday, September 21 at 7 p.m. on KHON2.

On Tuesday next, the Sligo Disabled Persons’ Organisation (DPO) will be launching six short films exploring what it’s like to live in Sligo as a disabled person at an event hosted by the Sligo Public Participation Network (PPN) at the Model.

On Tuesday next, the Sligo Disabled Persons’ Organisation (DPO) will be launching six short films exploring what it’s like to live in Sligo as a disabled person at an event hosted by the Sligo Public Participation Network (PPN) at the Model.

Georgetown is launching a Disability Cultural Center, an on-campus hub that celebrates disability culture, builds community and provides programming for disabled students, faculty, staff, allies and those interested in learning about disability.

Rutgers University–New Brunswick introduced the disability studies program to promote understanding of the role disability plays in society.

Dionna Zupparo defied the odds after having a stroke at the age of 14 and has now learnt to walk again.

Four student nurses and two staff from St. Angela’s College, Sligo visited rural districts of Uganda this summer to participate in a number of humanitarian community engagement projects where they delivered general health check clinics and vision assessments in several locations from Entebbe to Soroti, and beyond.

For decades in Maine, when someone with an intellectual or developmental disability turned 18, courts often put them in guardianship.

Blind women are using their highly developed sense of touch to catch breast cancer in early stages. A recent study has even shown them outperforming mammograms. | Health