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Disabled N. Korean Defector Finds Hope in Seoul Every week, Ji Seong-ho holds a silent demonstration against North Korea. He is one of the 23,000 defectors in South Korea who have fled the repressive Pyongyang government. Ji's journey south was more

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AS IT IS 2013-07-13 Filmmaking Classes Give Disabled a Creative Outlet Hello there, Im June Simms. Welcome back for more As It Is! The United States has given birth to many types of music, including rock and roll, jazz, country and blues. Today we he

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EQUAL ACCESS Every member of society has the right to education, employment and a reasonable quality of life. As society develops, we have both the opportunity and responsibility to make sure that people with disabilities can live productive and mea

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VOA常速英语2008年-Disabled Man Dies in Liberia After Sharing Plig

By Nico Colombant Monrovia 26 February 2008 More and more disabled people in the war-scarred Liberian capital Monrovia are gathering in downtown areas begging for money, saying they are struggling to survive. The country's health minister says many p

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EQUAL ACCESS Every member of society has the fight to education，employment and a reasonable quality of life．As society develops，we have both the opportunity and responsibility to make sure that people with disabilities can live productive and m

VOA标准英语2012--Manufacturer Adapts Factory Plant for Disabled Workers

Manufacturer Adapts Factory Plant for Disabled Workers The sewing machines at the Peckham factory in Lansing, Michigan, churn out 300,000 garments a month for the American military, from long underwear to fleece jackets. About 1,200 employees work tw

VOA标准英语2014--For Nairobi's Disabled, an Equal Chance Behind the Wheel

For Nairobi's Disabled, an Equal Chance Behind the Wheel NAIROBI Each day, 45-year-old George Papai makes an arduous journey to and from work and his commute is unusually long. Today is no different. Whereas an able-bodied person would make the same

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Voice 1 Hello. Im Marina Santee. Voice 2 And Im Rachel Hobson. Welcome to Spotlight. This programme uses a special English method of broadcasting. It is easier for people to understand, no matter where in the world they live. Voice 3 Happy are the pe

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Last night, Melissa Fox won a Big A Artistic Achievement Award for her achievement as a dancer. Melissa has cerebral palsy and uses a wheelchair. She dances in the Jolt Dance Company which last night had a performance in Christchurch with 70 dancers

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Today families with disabled children won an Appeal Court decision to be paid for looking after their children. Many of these children are now adults and caring for them is hard work. Many disabled adults are in special homes with workers to look aft

VOA常速英语2008年-Cambodian Disabled Arts Festival Promotes Equal

By Rory Byrne Phnom Penh 07 March 2008 A festival aimed at promoting disabled artists in Cambodia has just ended in the nation's capital, Phnom Penh. Despite having one of the world's highest rates of disabled people, social, political and economic d

Public feedback invited on disabled law's implementation

BEIJING, May 23 (Xinhua) -- China's top legislature has invited the public to give feedback on the enforcement of the Law on Protection of the Disabled, in a bid to check the law's implementation. Till June 30, the public can log on www.npc.gov.cn, t

Draft rules stress educational rights for disabled

BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Educational coverage for people with more types of disabilities, such as autism and cerebral palsy, will expand, according to a draft revision to the regulation on the education of the disabled. The current regulation, wh

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Steve Kitchin demonstrates his prototype invention. With the touch of a button he simply backs the chair in, and the elevator-like lift raises up and slides into the cab. Last spring, Steve Kitchin had had enough. For 10 years since an auto accident

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The disabled skier, Adam Hall, won the slalom skiing in the Paralympics in Vancouver today. He fell on his second run but had such a fast time on his first run that he still won the gold medal. Adam Hall has spina bifida which makes it difficult for

A disabled woman's letter to Chinese Premier

BEIJING, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Dear Premier(总理) Wen, I'd like to tell you the good news first. The problem I brought up at the seminar last year has been solved in Beijing, wrote 34-year-old, wheelchair-bound Li Nan to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on

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CAPITOL HILL American lawmakers are pressing for U.S. ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Many legislators see the pact as a global extension of a landmark federal law protecting disabled American

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China on Sunday marks its National Day of Assisting Persons with Disabilities. This year focuses on a special group -- orphaned and disabled children. Chairperson of China Disabled Persons' Federation, Zhang Haidi, has called on society to give more

2016年CRI Walk with ＂Snails＂ on China's First Intellectually Disabled Day

Though it rained fairly heavily on Saturday, all of the so-called gold snails didn't seem to mind as they took part in the Snail Walk through the Olympic Forest Park in northern Beijing. One of the obvious questions people have is why organizers woul