By Jensen, Randy on June 24, 2020. Tim Kalinowski Lethbridge Herald tkalinowski@lethbridgeherald.com While the City is taking several important steps in leading the way for…
Month: June 2020
Coronavirus has thrown up tough challenges for the profession, but there is also the chance for positive change
Uddhav Thackeray said there are countless COVID-19 warriors who have come to the help of the needy. Raju Chavan, a visually impaired telephone operator at…
Terry Dicks obituary
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Strident and provocative Conservative MP who delighted in throwing out insults and outraging liberal opinion
BC Transit is Using COVID Safety Precautions as An Excuse to Infringe the human Rights of Disabled People
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By Lyle Attfield June 22, 2020 I was denied access to the bus identified above because the driver refused to let me board citing COVID…
Watch: Visually Impaired Man Hits Free Throw “On His First Try”. Family’s Reaction Is Pure Gold
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Source: https://sports.ndtv.com/basketball/watch-visually-impaired-man-hits-free-throw-on-his-first-try-family-s-reaction-is-pure-gold-2250139
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jun/19/disability-campaigners-warn-of-uks-progress-unravelling-in-the-arts
The man in the iron lung – podcast
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When he was six, Paul Alexander contracted polio and was paralysed for life. Today he is 74, and one of the last people in the world still using an iron lung. But after surviving one deadly outbreak, he did not expect to find himself threatened by another. By Linda Rodriguez McRobbie
Delhi High Court: University of Delhi To Reimburse Visually Impaired Students Cost Of Books And Devices
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Source: https://www.ndtv.com/education/delhi-high-court-university-of-delhi-reimburse-visually-impaired-students-cost-of-books-and-devices
Tyson Fedor CTV News Calgary Video Journalist @CTV_TysonFedor Contact Published Tuesday, June 16, 2020 CALGARY –Llano Gorman has lived in his Glendale Meadows home for…