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] [ ] [ ] The 28th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week from 17 to 23 July 2006 focused on the theme, "Kalikasan Pangalagaan: Kapansanan Maiiwasan" (Environmental Issues). Activities included Tree Planting, Lecture Forum on Environment and Disability, On the Spot Waste Re-use Competition for Persons with Disabilities, Livelihood and Trade Fair of Products Made by Persons with Disabilities, a Sports Exhibition of Persons with Disabilities, and a Cultural Show featuring talented performers with disabilities.
Please check http://www.pia.gov.ph/news.asp?fi=p060704.htm&no=26 for more details.
(Source: PIA Press Release, 07/04/2006, PIA Information
Service)
Assistive Devices and Information Management Seminar was organized by the Pakistan Association of Deaf (PAD) in Karachi. More than 100 people participated in the two days seminar which showed how persons with disabilities can further develop their lives through Information and Communication Technology.
(Source: Special Talent Exchange Program (STEP))
Google now offers a special search engine for the visually impaired. The main difference is the websites are listed by user-friendly extensions. The scientist who developed the software is blind himself. He says a web page with complicated layouts and too much information is least user-friendly for the visually impaired because they usually need a magnifier to read it. For blind people using audio-synthesized software, this kind of webpage is also a waste of time when all the written characters are transformed into voices. The special engine is still available for trial use.
Please check http://labs.google.com/accessible or http://news3.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/22/content_4867242.htm for more details.
(Source: China View)
Beautiful Gate organised Peer Counseling Workshop 2006 to provide more practice opportunities to Beautiful Gate Peer Counselors and introduce the concept of Peer Counseling to the staff of Beautiful Gate and its disabled members.
Please check www.beautifulgate.org.my for more details.
(Source: Ms. Sia Siew Chin from Beautiful Gate Foundation
for the Disabled)
The training, held at the University of Peradeniya was conducted by Prof. D.P.M. Weerakkody, co-ordinator of the project, with the assistance of Ms. Lakmini Ariyaratna, ICT instructor of the project. Both Prof. Weerakkody and Ms. Ariyaratna previously received training at the APCD in Bangkok, Thailand. The teaching material was also taken from the APCD's WBN-2005 CD. This training concentrated on accessible mark-up techniques and web content accessibility guidelines.
(Source: Report from D.P.M. Weerakkody, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka and DAISY Lanka Foundation)
DiVi Travel Services provides Deaf/Disabled Travel Services that specializes in arranging trips and tours in Vietnam. They have deaf/hearing tour guides in ASL or writing/speaking in English. They are members of the Hanoi Association of the Deaf/Disability Forum.
Please check http://deafviet.sphosting.com for more details.
(Source: Deaf Viet)
The National Coordination Committee on Disability (constituted under the Disability Welfare Act 2001) passed the National Action Plan on Disability. This journey began almost five years ago, is indeed a major milestone in the disability movement in Bangladesh!
Please check www.csidnetwork.org for more details.
(Source: Centre for Services and Information on Disability)
Nonthaburi - Pak Kret municipality has created the country's first label for drugs written in Braille. The label was devised by the municipality's 2nd Public Health Office which treats many patients from nearby homes of the disabled and the blind.
Please check www.bangkokpost.com/News/14Aug2006_news03.php for more details.
(Source: Bangkok Post)
1 September 2006 is the third anniversary of Disability News and Information Service (D.N.I.S.), India's pioneering fortnightly online news service on disability. It is time to celebrate. Yet, it is a good time to pause and reflect on the journey so far.
Please check www.dnis.org/features.php?issue_id=17&volume_id=4&features_id=125 for more details.
(Source: Disability News and Information Service)
Poland's President, Lech Kaczynski accepted the Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award for his country's efforts to improve the lives of persons with disabilities at a ceremony held at the United Nations.
Please check www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=19877&Cr=disab&Cr1= for more details.
(Source: UN News Centre)
The Seminar of Web Content Accessibility Standards for Thailand was organized by the National Electronics and Computer Technology (NECTEC). NECTEC by the Assistive Technology Center (ASTEC) is now planning to adopt the newest version of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines or WCAG version 2 to be standards on web accessibility in Thailand. Thus, this seminar was held in order to seek best solutions and best practices among webmasters and web developers from various sectors such as the government sector, private sector and disabilityrelated organizations in Thailand by utilizing WCAG 2.0.
All participants agreed to every guideline in the new proposed version. However, it was proposed that priorities of some guidelines be changed as the participants agreed that they can follow those guidelines quite easily.
The 2nd Asia Pacific Disability Forum (APDF), General Assembly and Conference 2006, with support of UNESCAP, the Council of Disabled People of Thailand and the Royal Thai Government was organised in Bangkok. The theme was "Achieving Rights-based Development through Joint Effort". Check the Bangkok Statement from this conference, at http://v1.dpi.org/lang-en/resources/details.php?page=734
(Source: Disabled Peoples' International (DPI))
(Source: www.atn-ctcf.org)
(Source: www.unescap.org/esid/psis/disability/decadenew/newdecade.asp)
(Source: www.unescap.org/esid/psis/disability/decadenew/newdecade.asp)
(Source: International Association for Universal Design)
(Source: www.autismcongress.com)
(Source: www.unescap.org/calendar/2006/2006.pdf)
(Source: Disabled People's Association (DPA))
(Source: United Nations)
(Source: www.wfdrsap2006macau.org)
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