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Wednesday, May 15

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Microsoft announces the Proteus Controller, a gamepad for Xbox gamers with disabilities

www.theverge.com

On Wednesday, Microsoft announced the Proteus Controller, a $299 modular video game controller kit that lets Xbox gamers with disabilities customize their controllers.

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Report on provision of therapists for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities

phys.org

The NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce published a report from a scoping study titled "The Demand and Supply of Therapists for Children and Young People with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities," by Prof…

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Apple: People with Disabilities Can Now Control iPad, iPhone with Their Eyes

techeconomy.ng

Apple has announced a variety of innovative accessibility features coming later this year, focused on enhancing an inclusive design.

Persons Living With Disabilities beg Tinubu to appoint Halimat Tejuosho as a minister

championnews.com.ng

Ibrahim Quadri Members of the Lagos State Persons With Disabilities (PLWDs) on Wednesday appealed to President Bola Tinubu to appoint Hon. Halimat Adenike Tejuosho as a minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, noting they…

Apple introduces new accessibility for iPhone, iPad: Here's how it will help users with physical disabilities

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Apple announced new accessibility features for iPhone and iPad that will be released later this year. These features include Eye Tracking, Music Haptics, Vocal Shortcuts, and others. The Eye Tracking feature will allow users with...

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Persons Living With Disabilities beg Tinubu to appoint Halimat Tejuosho as minister

championnews.com.ng

IBRAHIM QUADRI Members of the Lagos State Persons With Disabilities (PLWDs) on Wednesday appealed to President Bola Tinubu to appoint Hon. Halimat Adenike Tejuosho as a minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, noting they…

Duchess of Edinburgh tests out adaptive tricycle during visit to disability trust in Greater Manchester

www.dailymail.co.uk

The royal, 59, was visiting The Seashell Trust in Cheadle, which supports children and young adults with complex learning difficulties and disabilities.

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Amplify water, sanitation rights of women with disabilities- Group

sundiatapost.com

ABUJA (SUNDIATA POST)- Ms. Lois Auta, Founder, Network of Women with Disabilities has called on stakeholders to promote the water and sanitation rights for women with disabilities. Auta said this on the sideline of the Stakeholders’ Forum…

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When homelessness and disability intersect

www.bostonglobe.com

“As I See It,” a weekly photo column by Pulitzer Prize winner Stan Grossfeld, brings the stories of New England to Globe readers. This week, one man’s struggle with homelessness and accessibility.

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People with disabilities have sex too – so why do some doctors think otherwise?

theconversation.com

People with disabilities are often treated like eternal children who can’t or shouldn’t have sex but their right to a sexual life should be respected

Suella Meets with Police UK Disability Sport in Parliament

Very pleased to meet with Police UK Disability Sport CIC in Parliament this week.

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Lalu Declares Zero Tolerance for Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities, Vows to Apprehend, Investigate, and Prosecute Offenders

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The Executive Secretary of the National Commission For Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD), Dr. James David Lalu, has participated in the National Disability Convening held at the Wells Carlton Hotel in Asokoro, Abuja. The event, themed…

Tuesday, May 14

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Students with disabilities are missing school because of staff shortages

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There's a special education staffing crisis in a northern California school district. It means some of the district's most vulnerable students have missed weeks and even months of school.

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Zagreb hosts three-day disability rights festival with films and workshops

www.euronews.com

The festival focused on solidarity and social inclusion for people with disabilities runs from May 13-15.

Disability Act: FG threatens to seal MDAs over noncompliance

www.vanguardngr.com

THE Federal government has threatened to seal Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, over noncompliance with the full implementation of the Disability Act.

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Feds Say State Warehoused Kids With Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities

www.medpagetoday.com

(MedPage Today) -- Rhode Island violated the civil rights of hundreds of children with mental health or developmental disabilities by routinely and unnecessarily segregating them at Bradley Hospital, an acute-care psychiatric hospital,…

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Physicians with disabilities may experience depersonalization

medicalxpress.com

Physicians with disabilities (PWDs) are significantly more likely to experience depersonalization but not emotional exhaustion when compared with their peers without disabilities, according to a research letter published online May 9 in…

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Feds accuse Rhode Island of warehousing kids with mental health, developmental disabilities

www.boston.com

“It is nothing short of appalling that the state has chosen to warehouse children in a psychiatric institution, rather than stepping up to provide the community care, support, and services that these kids need, and that the law requires.”