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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"
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BA Haller
I am full-time Mass Communication faculty at Towson University in Maryland and adjunct faculty in the City University of New York (CUNY) Master's in Disability Studies program. I research media and disability issues and wrote a 2010 book on the subject: Representing Disability in an Ableist World: Essays on Mass Media, published by Advocado Press. The media have real power to define what the public knows about disability and that's what I research.
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