Palestinian girls take part in the Wheelchair Basketball Championship in Gaza in December 2015. Photo by Samar Abu Al-Ouf. It is estimated that one in five women lives […]
Brazil: Educational Risks for Children with Disabilities
(São Paulo) – A Brazilian presidential decree threatens to undermine children with disabilities’ right to a quality, inclusive education, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch filed […]
WHO presents leading causes of death and disability worldwide: 2000-2019 – PAHO/WHO
Geneva, Switzerland, 9 December 2020 (WHO) – Non-communicable diseases now account for seven of the top 10 causes of death worldwide, according to WHO’s World Health Estimates 2019 […]
Access, ownership and empowerment through a disability-inclusive ID system
A disabled woman complained that she paid a high fee to call a taxi for the disabled to take her to an ID registration center, only to be […]
WHO presents leading causes of death and disability worldwide: 2000-2019
According to the WHO’s World Health Estimates 2019 released today, non-communicable diseases now account for seven of the top 10 causes of death worldwide, up from four of […]
Disability – PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization
People with disabilities experience significant health disparities compared to people without disabilities. In this area of work, PAHO aims to improve health equity and inclusiveness of health systems […]
Mental health for people with disabilities
Adults with disabilities are about five times more likely to report frequent mental distress than adults without disabilities. If your mental health condition interferes with your daily activities […]
Maintaining mobility and preventing disability are key to living independently as we age
Many people worry about not being able to move around as well when they get older. They fear they won’t be able to continue their favorite activities, visit […]
Overview of the World Report on Disability
overview Approximately 15% of the world’s population lives with some kind of disability, of which 2-4% have significant difficulties functioning. The global prevalence of disability is higher than […]
Arizona Promised to Help People With Developmental Disabilities. But Some Had to Wait a Long Time. Some Did Not Get Help at All. — ProPublica
We translated this story into different formats: Margie Smeller drew the section breaks in the story. The section breaks are drawings of houses. Margie is an artist at […]