Melanie Carroll Aug 18 2021 New Zealand’s “disability employment crisis” continues, with unemployment rising for people with disabilities, says the chief executive of Workbridge. Unemployment…
Month: August 2021
Thomas Quasthoff: ‘From birth, my mum felt guilty. I had to show her I made the best of my life’
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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/aug/17/thomas-quasthoff-from-birth-my-mum-felt-guilty-i-had-to-show-her-i-made-the-best-of-my-life
Nova Scotia Election Candidates Need to Step Up and Make Province More Accessible
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By Paul Vienneau , Special to Global News Posted August 12, 2021 In 2013, the incumbent Nova Scotia government committed to a ten-year plan for…
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/aug/16/hidden-pandemic-peruvian-children-in-crisis-as-carers-die
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/aug/15/coda-review-hearing-daughter-deaf-parents-drama-sian-heder-sundance
Canada and Prince Edward Island Fund New Facility for Adults With Intellectual Disabilities in Charlottetown
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PRESS RELEASE PR Newswire CHARLOTTETOWN, PE, Aug. 11, 2021 /CNW/ – The governments of Canada and Prince Edward Island continue to invest in local infrastructure…
Warning Job Applicants With Disabilities May Miss Out if Artificial Intelligence Used to Hire
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Melanie Carroll Aug 04 2021 How IBM Is Using Artificial Intelligence to Combat Bias in Advertising IBM is trying to figure out how to use…
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/aug/12/rose-ayling-ellis-to-be-strictlys-first-deaf-contestant
Nicola Seguin CBC News, Aug. 11, 2021 For a blind person like Yvon Clement, obstacles are everywhere. Everyday objects like sandwich boards, bike racks and…
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/aug/10/disabled-woman-wins-judicial-review-of-hampstead-ponds-charges