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Topic: Disabilities

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Poverty cut doomed unless disabled empowered: UN

AFP Global Edition | 2009-12-02 19:11:07
<div><p>The United Nations warned Wednesday that attempts to halve global poverty will be doomed unless the world's estimated 650 million disabled people are pulled out of neglect and discrimination.</p><p>In an appeal to mark International Day for Persons with Disabilities on Thursday, UN High Commissioner for Human ...
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Italy Robotic Hand

AP News | 2009-12-02 15:16:40
Italy Robotic Hand
Amputee Pierpaolo Petruzziello touches a robotic hand during a press conference in Rome, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009. Petruzziello took part in an experiment in which a group of European scientists say they successfully connected him to the robotic hand, using ...
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India Bhopal Suffers

AP News | 2009-11-30 05:11:16
India Bhopal Suffers
In this Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 photograph, women complaining of ailments due to exposure to methyl isocyanate leaked during the Bhopal industrial disaster wait to consult doctor at a clinic run by a non governmental organization in Bhopal, India. The ...
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Technology failing disabled net surfers: forum

AFP Global Edition | 2009-11-17 22:26:36
<div><p>Technology should be harnessed better to give the world's estimated 650 million disabled people improved access to the Internet, experts said here on Tuesday.</p><p>"One of the fundamental problems has been not consulting persons with disabilities when designing technologies," Cynthia Waddel of the Dynamic Coalition on Accessibility ...
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