Disabilities

Calls for MUT to lift actions (di-ve)

16 May 2008

The Razzett tal-Hbiberija has called on the Malta Union of Teachers to lift the industrial action ordered on facilitators who assist children with physical and learning disabilities during the therapeutic sessions.

VIDEO: Blind professor creating new vision of disabilities (The Gazette)

16 May 2008

Blindness is thought by many to be a great calamity, still viewed in 19th-century Dickensian terms, says University of Iowa professor Steve Kuusisto.But the reality, says Kuusisto, who has been blind since birth, is that his talking computer, his guide dog and public transportation allow him to do most anything sighted people can."It's not an obstacle to having a good job and a full life," he ...

They focus on ability, not disability (Asbury Park Press)

16 May 2008

Imagine graduating from high school without any career opportunities. Every year, 275 students with disabilities graduate from the Toms River Regional School District without having a career to enter, according to Eileen Coyne, director of the Caregivers of New Jersey, Division of the Family Resource Network.