Published by UN News Centre 22nd March 2016. Go to Original Source People with albinism are being hunted for witchcraft rituals, their body parts hacked off with machetes, and even having their graves desecrated, a United Nations expert warned today in her first report to the UN Human Rights Council. “Dangerous myths feed these attacks […]
NGOs tell EU ministers ‘no one should be left behind’ in online access
Published by GAATES March 11 2016- Go to Original Source The European Blind Union (EBU) and several other European NGOs published an open letter warning the 28 EU Ministers in charge of Digital Affairs that their current plans for the web accessibility directive could deny millions of persons with disabilities and older citizens equal access […]
Students attempt suicide at school for the blind in India
The Hindu reported how up to 12 students with visual impairments at the Shivasharana Haralaiah Residential School for Blind in India attempted suicide following alleged harassment by the school chairman Ashok Dodmani. The students claimed they had been beaten with sticks and repeatedly abused verbally by Dodmani, a bling man himself for four years: “We […]
Restaurant sticks up for server with autism after customers refuse service
Published by Mashable by Chloe Bryan Feb 5 2016: Go to Original Source A restaurant owner has rallied behind one of his employees after customers complained about being served by the man, who has autism. Mike Jennings, who runs Grenache Restaurant in Manchester, U.K., recently hired Andy Foster as a server. Foster took on the […]
Expelled disabled student sues university in Nigeria
Student Jane Ihuoma Ottah who started her studies at Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) in 2014/15 was expelled from the university, after the institution discovered she had a disability. The student who has a partial hearing impairment. was struck off the university register with no advance warning or discussion. The letter the university […]