skip to main | skip to sidebar

Media dis&dat

A database of news and information about people with disabilities and disability issues... Copyright statement: Unless otherwise stated, all posts on this blog continue to be the property of the original author/publication/Web site, which can be found via the link at the beginning of each post.

Friday, December 4, 2009

Around the world, countries renew their commitment to disabled persons

In honor of the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a roundup of articles from around the world. In the picture, “I want to visit places of cultural heritage,” with this and other posters and flyers the disabled in Yerevan Dec. 3 tried to attract attention to their issues.


  • Armenia: "Able for solutions: Problems of Armenia disabled get attention on World Disability Day"

  • Angola: "Government reaffirms commitment to disabled persons"

  • China: "Hun Sen appeals public not to discriminate disabled people"

  • India: "Govt reaches out to the disabled"

  • Kashmir: "World disability day-J&K Woman Minister asked NGOs to work for the betterment of the disabled person"

  • Ekiti state: "Ekiti makes law to protect the disabled"

  • Nigeria: "Oni signs laws on disabled persons’ rights, others"

  • Gaza Strip: "Handicapped Palestinians rally in Gaza for more protection"
  • Russia: "Russia marks International Day of Persons with Disabilities"
Posted by BA Haller at 6:06 PM
Newer Post Older Post Home

BA Haller's book

BA Haller's book
Orders available from www.advocadopress.org.

Locations of visitors to Media dis&dat

Locations of visitors to this page

Media & Disability Links

  • ... FOLLOW MEDIA DIS&DAT ON TWITTER
  • ...MEDIA DIS&DAT YOUTUBE CHANNEL
  • Abilities Magazine in Canada
  • Ability Maine
  • AbledBody
  • Accessible Media Inc., Canada
  • Accessible Twitter
  • Advertising & Disability
  • Advocado Press
  • Alison Wilde's film & TV blog
  • Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts
  • Animated Minds (UK)
  • Assistive Technology News
  • Attitude Live in New Zealand
  • AuTube
  • Autism Acceptance Project
  • Autism after 16
  • BBC's Ouch!
  • Bloom magazine
  • Bodies of Work: Network for Disability Arts & Culture
  • Breath & Shadow, a Journal of Disability Culture and Literature
  • Center for an Accessible Society
  • Chloe Magazine
  • Collective Voices
  • Crip Confessions
  • DISLABELEDtv
  • DREDF Disability & Media Alliance Project (D-MAP)
  • Deaf News Today
  • Deaf Performing Artists Network (D-PAN)
  • Deaf Women in Film
  • Dis-a-Buzz
  • Disability & Media Alliance Project
  • Disability Arts online
  • Disability Blogroll
  • Disability Culture Watch
  • Disability Films
  • Disability Friendly Colleges guide
  • Disability Matters online radio show
  • Disability Media
  • Disability Media Initiative
  • Disability Movies
  • Disability Resource Exchange
  • Disability Rights Promotion International Media Monitoring
  • Disability Scoop
  • Disability Studies Quarterly
  • Disability Studies programs in North America
  • Disability in Entertainment & Arts Link
  • Disaboom
  • Don't play me pay me campaign
  • Endeavor Freedom TV
  • FWD/Forward (feminists with disabilities) for a way forward
  • Funky Flamingo TV
  • Had to Be Productions
  • How's Your News?
  • I AM PWD
  • In Touch: News for Blind People
  • Inclusion Daily Express
  • Independence Today
  • It's Our Story
  • Kids as Self Advocates
  • Laura & Wagner Media Center
  • LifeMyWay (Illinois)
  • Lights! Camera! Access! in Canada
  • Many Worlds Network
  • MediAbility in Sweden
  • Media & Disability Bibliography
  • Media&Disability.net
  • Mental Health Reporting Guide
  • MindFreedom International
  • Motion Disabled exhibit
  • My Country video about disability rights online
  • My Deaf Family Web Series
  • My Deaf Life on YouTube
  • National Arts and Disability Center
  • National Center on Disability and Journalism
  • National Institute of Art & Disabilities
  • New Mobility magazine
  • Newswatch: Covering the Disability Community
  • Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, Center training journalists to cover disability issues
  • Options TV
  • Patricia Bauer blog
  • PhillyACCESS
  • Picture This Film Festival
  • Planet of the Blind
  • Ragged Edge Online Archive
  • Ramp Up from ABC in Australia
  • Rolling Rains Report
  • Rolling pix - disability sports blog
  • Sick Humor
  • Sprout Film Festival
  • Superfest International Disability Film Festival
  • The Largest Minority radio show
  • The Nth Degree
  • The Specials Web Series
  • This Ability magazine in Canada
  • UK Media & Disability Website
  • United Nations Enable
  • Web Accessibility Initiative
  • Webby Talents
  • WikiProject: Disability
  • Yahoo! Accessibility
  • [with] TV blog
  • disTHIS! Film Series
  • sproutflix
  • thAutcast.com - Blogazine for the Asperger's and Autism community

Blog Archive

  • ►  2024 (1)
    • ►  February (1)
  • ►  2023 (3)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  March (1)
  • ►  2022 (8)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (2)
    • ►  February (2)
    • ►  January (1)
  • ►  2021 (19)
    • ►  December (3)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  September (4)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (2)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2020 (17)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (1)
    • ►  October (1)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  April (4)
    • ►  February (2)
    • ►  January (3)
  • ►  2019 (16)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  August (1)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  May (1)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  March (1)
    • ►  February (4)
    • ►  January (2)
  • ►  2018 (13)
    • ►  December (1)
    • ►  November (2)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ►  July (3)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  April (1)
    • ►  February (2)
  • ►  2017 (18)
    • ►  November (5)
    • ►  September (1)
    • ►  July (2)
    • ►  June (1)
    • ►  May (2)
    • ►  March (3)
    • ►  February (1)
    • ►  January (3)
  • ►  2016 (45)
    • ►  December (5)
    • ►  September (4)
    • ►  August (2)
    • ►  July (4)
    • ►  June (8)
    • ►  May (4)
    • ►  April (4)
    • ►  March (2)
    • ►  February (5)
    • ►  January (7)
  • ►  2015 (78)
    • ►  December (7)
    • ►  November (4)
    • ►  October (6)
    • ►  September (3)
    • ►  August (10)
    • ►  July (10)
    • ►  June (2)
    • ►  May (11)
    • ►  April (4)
    • ►  March (10)
    • ►  February (4)
    • ►  January (7)
  • ►  2014 (126)
    • ►  December (7)
    • ►  November (7)
    • ►  October (14)
    • ►  September (9)
    • ►  August (12)
    • ►  July (15)
    • ►  June (10)
    • ►  May (10)
    • ►  April (14)
    • ►  March (10)
    • ►  February (11)
    • ►  January (7)
  • ►  2013 (191)
    • ►  December (19)
    • ►  November (18)
    • ►  October (19)
    • ►  September (13)
    • ►  August (14)
    • ►  July (13)
    • ►  June (14)
    • ►  May (11)
    • ►  April (14)
    • ►  March (17)
    • ►  February (21)
    • ►  January (18)
  • ►  2012 (273)
    • ►  December (14)
    • ►  November (18)
    • ►  October (20)
    • ►  September (20)
    • ►  August (21)
    • ►  July (17)
    • ►  June (12)
    • ►  May (13)
    • ►  April (20)
    • ►  March (33)
    • ►  February (39)
    • ►  January (46)
  • ►  2011 (1431)
    • ►  December (32)
    • ►  November (35)
    • ►  October (46)
    • ►  September (54)
    • ►  August (65)
    • ►  July (70)
    • ►  June (85)
    • ►  May (177)
    • ►  April (142)
    • ►  March (211)
    • ►  February (236)
    • ►  January (278)
  • ►  2010 (3597)
    • ►  December (282)
    • ►  November (313)
    • ►  October (384)
    • ►  September (329)
    • ►  August (289)
    • ►  July (283)
    • ►  June (272)
    • ►  May (246)
    • ►  April (245)
    • ►  March (286)
    • ►  February (304)
    • ►  January (364)
  • ▼  2009 (3996)
    • ▼  December (381)
      • Montana Supreme Court upholds physician-assisted s...
      • Science fiction likes disabled characters to walk ...
      • Post-polio survivors work to stay fit
      • University of Tennessee sued over arena, stadium a...
      • New MS treatments hold great promise
      • Quadruple amputee to appear in Rose Bowl parade
      • Nebraska mother gets jail time after baby with CP ...
      • Black and white photos tell the story of mental il...
      • Investment fraud threatens vital Philadelphia scho...
      • Parents in Uganda ask for more special education t...
      • WWII conscientious objectors who worked at state m...
      • Disabled Coloradoans sue over cuts to Medicaid ben...
      • China probes trafficking, murder of people with in...
      • British deaf, visually impaired woman begins to us...
      • Britain works to develop testing system to classif...
      • New iPhone app allows people with MS to manage the...
      • Canadian mom launches "medical daycare" for disabl...
      • Texas study confirms lower rate of autism among Hi...
      • U.S. hacker with Asperger's pleads guilty to theft...
      • NY researchers show brain waves can be used to typ...
      • Stem cells show promise for treating cerebral palsy
      • Study shows link between smoking and mental illness
      • New federal voc rehab director talks about her goals
      • Illinois budget cuts leave therapists for disabled...
      • Chicago honors cabbies who transport disabled people
      • Judge says non-degree disabled student in Michigan...
      • Alabama woman's sister able to commit her to psych...
      • REM's Michael Stipe remembers Vic Chesnutt
      • California teen with CP gives home to abandoned Sh...
      • Disabled woman in Florida forced to sleep outside ...
      • Shafallah Center for Children with Special Needs i...
      • MDA faces $25 million budget shortfall
      • "Love hormone" may help young adults with autism
      • Disabled people in Iowa being paid less than minim...
      • British disabled vet returns to military
      • Washington state blind man continues career as mac...
      • San José library hosts Inclusive Story Times
      • New wheelchair with hubless wheels, gadget seat
      • Ohio home health worker saves woman with MS from fire
      • Florida beach gets closer to wheelchair access
      • Maryland women bond over raising their disabled br...
      • New findings in brain science may help kids with a...
      • Gaza boy may travel to USA for surgery for amputation
      • British man with mental illness condemned to die i...
      • Obituary: LP scientist, painter in Britain dies
      • Blind woman in Chicago trains to be chef
      • A year in captioning news
      • NJ family helps those with OCD through foundation
      • Obituary: Chris Bell, disability studies scholar o...
      • Michigan kids with autism enjoy new therapy ball pit
      • NY boy with MD competes, wins a medal via video li...
      • Due to lax legislation, incompetent nurses who los...
      • Father of real "Rain Man" lashes out at those he s...
      • NY mother sues landlord because her disabled daugh...
      • Military says it will study health problems associ...
      • Japanese man with spina bifida will handcycle arou...
      • NY shelter for homeless disabled people shaken whe...
      • "Big Brother" TV show in UK defends its try to rec...
      • Stem cells used to treat blindness
      • HUD money in Connecticut will try to combat long-t...
      • Obituary: Singer, songwriter Vic Chesnutt dead at 45
      • Wounded vet heals through his comedy act
      • California family says their Christmas is unhappy ...
      • Cuts in Michigan affect middle-class families whos...
      • Kids with disabilities bond with miniature horses
      • Florida charter school for students with disabilit...
      • Philippines Senate approves legislation to give pe...
      • Abused baby with Down syndrome turned over to stat...
      • Palestinian teen amputee perseveres
      • Blind, paraplegic sailors gather at Sydney harbor ...
      • Obituary: Maryland Secretary of State who champion...
      • Federal government says budget cuts violate the ci...
      • Private schools in India will be mandated to reser...
      • Hospital in Britain reports more soldiers became a...
      • Louisiana college student sues over inaccessible d...
      • Deaf woman lost in Australian airport with no one ...
      • Kids with disabilities become seafarers in Florida...
      • British man with MD takes access issues to government
      • Group pushes for Ghana to pass Mental Health Bill
      • New health care reform insurance program will let ...
      • Caretaker in Britain receives 10 months in jail fo...
      • Film in sign language, "Universal Signs," makes a ...
      • Wisconsin school district to use its stimulus mone...
      • Wisconsin grocery store chain to drop mental healt...
      • Grand jury finds safety issues at NY group home wh...
      • Wheelchair user holds five hostages in Virginia po...
      • Deaf teacher at Florida high school inspires stude...
      • Stimulus money to fund Down syndrome center in Col...
      • Under proposed settlement, Caltrans says it will s...
      • Disabled woman rescued from NY hotel on 9/11 dies
      • In 2010, poor, disabled people in Utah can no long...
      • People with mental illness overrepresented in Irel...
      • Pittsburgh's Library for the Blind converts to dig...
      • Angola failed to construct a promised training fac...
      • ASU researchers design prosthetic that puts spring...
      • China's supreme court confirms execution of Britis...
      • New Jersey considers legislation to help those wit...
      • British government to pay £20 million to those dis...
      • In people with dyslexia, IQ and reading not linked
      • A father tells of his daughter's life with Turner'...
    • ►  November (362)
    • ►  October (377)
    • ►  September (370)
    • ►  August (355)
    • ►  July (372)
    • ►  June (285)
    • ►  May (356)
    • ►  April (273)
    • ►  March (297)
    • ►  February (287)
    • ►  January (281)
  • ►  2008 (1920)
    • ►  December (233)
    • ►  November (232)
    • ►  October (242)
    • ►  September (229)
    • ►  August (229)
    • ►  July (213)
    • ►  June (171)
    • ►  May (116)
    • ►  April (95)
    • ►  March (81)
    • ►  February (54)
    • ►  January (25)

About Me

My photo
BA Haller
Beth Haller, Ph.D., is Co-Director of the Global Alliance for Disability in Media and Entertainment (www.gadim.org). A former print journalist, she is a member of the Advisory Board for the National Center on Disability and Journalism (https://ncdj.org/). Haller is Professor Emerita in the Department of Mass Communication at Towson University in Maryland, USA. Haller is co-editor of the 2020 "Routledge Companion to Disability and Media" (with Gerard Goggin of University of Sydney & Katie Ellis of Curtin University, Australia). She is author of "Representing Disability in an Ableist World: Essays on Mass Media" (Advocado Press, 2010) and the author/editor of Byline of Hope: Collected Newspaper and Magazine Writing of Helen Keller (Advocado Press, 2015). She has been researching disability representation in mass media for 30+ years. She is adjunct faculty in the Disability Studies programs at the City University of New York (CUNY) and the University of Texas-Arlington.
View my complete profile