Disabled Living News

Handicapped Centre holds annual meet

Borneo Bulletin (BRUNEI) - Mar 15, 2005:
Bintulu Handicapped Children Centre’s committee held its annual general meeting recently at its premises to discuss the centre’s activities and programmes for the year.
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Designer dream for the disabled

The Telegraph (INDIA) - Mar 14, 2005:
Your Visionnaire collection for the visually challenged, using Braille, was a landmark in fashion. Do you plan to do anything similar in future? I don’t have any concrete plans right now, but I would like to do something for children with autism. I have to see how I […]

Disability workload protest

The Advocate (AUSTRALIA) - Mar 12, 2005:
Stop-work meetings were also held in Launceston and in Hobart where 1150 nameplates were laid out on the grass at Franklin Square to symbolise the people with disabilities who were missing out as a result of staff shortages. About 100 workers of the 120 employed in the sector […]

Renown Disability Rights Activist Comes to Pinellas Park for Terri Schiavo

Christian News Network (USA) - Mar 11, 2005:
Disability rights activist Kate Adamson will be a guest speaker at a Vigil and Press Conference for Terri Schiavo on Saturday, March 12. Asked by Terri’s parents Bob and Mary Schindler to join them at this vigil and to share her story, Kate hopes to bring more […]

Teva Drug Cuts Disability in Parkinson’s - Study

Reuters (INTERNATIONAL) - Mar 10, 2005:
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd’s drug Azilect reduces disability in patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease, according to new research published on Friday.
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Stop-work campaign by disability workers

The Mercury (AUSTRALIA) - Mar 11, 2005:
DISABILITY workers start rolling stop-work meetings around the state today to protest against what they say is the State Government’s failure to address a workload crisis.
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Disability services employees to strike

ABC News (AUSTRALIA) - Mar 10, 2005:
Industrial action within Tasmania’s disability services is being stepped up.
Employees have been taking action for the past month, protesting against overwork.
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