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  • Fulfilling Your Dreams Despite Disabilities Can Be Easy; This Nonprofit Shows How

    July 06, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Lagos

    The Network for Inclusion of People with Special Needs (NIPSN) provides empowerment-based counseling, needs-specific rehabilitation, assistive equipment, and vocational training to people with disabilities. Residents live in a dormitory for up to 18 months while they receive services, including training to use assistive technologies. NIPSN also provides vocational training, like making vases, beads, and soap, which can provide a sustainable livelihood. NIPSN helps children finish school and provides free raw materials, equipment, and a small stipend to help residents start producing goods independently.

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  • A way forward for employing people with disabilities in Lithuania

    June 01, 2021 |

    Lithuanian Radio and Television (LRT) |

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    Response Location: Lithuania

    Employment intermediaries from VšĮ SOPA act as workforce development counselors and recruiters for both employers and people with disabilities. By preparing people for jobs that fit their abilities, and then aiding in a job search, the intermediaries are able to place about half of their 100-plus clients in appropriate jobs. Common in Western Europe, where government funding enables such services, the service in Lithuania relies on private funding, which can be less stable. Jobs for people with disabilities provide self-confidence and independence.

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  • Recipes For A Revolution: Albergo Etico and the empowerment of those with disabilities

    May 18, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Italy

    Albergo Etico prepares people with disabilities for work in the hotel industry, using training based on the Montessori method. The "download" method helps people learn job skills at their own pace, translating lessons for people with various cognitive abilities. Training begins with their families, doing household chores in their own home. Trainees now work in eight Italian cities, plus three other countries. The investment pays off both economically and socially, as trainees gain autonomy and self-sufficiency.

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  • San Diego teacher creates ‘social justice league' for students with disabilities, ‘a forgotten minority'

    April 23, 2021 |

    San Diego Union-Tribune |

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    Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

    A teacher in San Diego took matters into her own hands when she couldn't find a social justice curriculum tailored to students with disabilities. That’s partly why she created what she calls the “Social Justice League,” a group of students at her school who meet weekly by Zoom and discuss a variety of issues, such as Native American land, gender privilege, the representation of disabilities in the media and systemic racism.

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  • LEGO ramps could improve access for Philadelphians in wheelchairs

    April 13, 2021 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: Germany, Hanau

    An ingenious use of LEGOs has resulted in colorful wheelchair ramps around the German town of Hanau. The ramps are constructed using thousands of tiny LEGOs that are glued together and are able to withstand the weight of electric wheelchairs, strollers, and walkers. Although the ramps don’t comply with official building and safety codes, they’ve proven to be helpful and have remained in use in Hanau.

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  • Playgrounds Designed With Accessibility In Mind Make Play Fun for Every Kid

    April 13, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Petersburg, Florida

    Playground designers and city officials in St. Petersburg, Florida, have gone beyond the basic requirements mandated by the Americans with Disabilities Act in order to create a space that is truly inclusive. The park is “wheelchair accessible from bottom to top” and sets the standard for city parks that are focusing on more inclusivity.

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  • NYC's free pandemic child care program promised to prioritize students with disabilities. Why were so many turned away?

    February 25, 2021 |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    When the coronavirus pandemic shut down school buildings and led to many people working from home in New York City, a city child care program was launched to give children a place to go while they were learning from home. However, the program failed to accommodate children with disabilities who required the assistance of a paraprofessional. After realizing the gap in care, the city is now working to increase access.

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  • They Made a Revolutionary System to Protect People With Developmental Disabilities. Now It's Falling Apart.

    December 12, 2020 |

    ProPublica |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    In Arizona, state officials recruited individuals for volunteer committees to have oversight of the state Division of Developmental Disabilities that was responsible for caring for those with developmental disabilities. Although the program was initially successful and "helped Arizona earn its reputation as one of the best states in the country for the care of people with developmental and intellectual disabilities," in recent years, a series of resignations and increased workload have left some of the panels "barely functioning."

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  • Richmond art studio helps people with disabilities stay connected

    November 20, 2020 |

    Richmond Confidential |

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    Response Location: United States, California

    Nurturing Independence through Artistic Development provides classes and studio space for artists with disabilities. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the organization now offers six hours of daily virtual services to the 67 artists it serves, including sculpting, drawing, ceramics, and fashion making classes. Social activities, like bingo, cooking, meditation, and movement classes, are also offered online. The programming keeps the artists connected during the isolation of the pandemic and staff regularly text and call the artists who opt out of the virtual programming to maintain that connection.

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  • 2020 was the first-ever presidential election where people cast votes via smartphone

    November 09, 2020 |

    FastCompany |

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    Response Location: United States, Utah

    2020 was the first presidential election where a limited group voted using a smartphone app created by Voatz, expanding access to people with disabilities, those in Covid-19 quarantine, and people out of state due to an emergency. Advocates say it is cost-effective and secure, though many disagree. Voters are biometrically identified and matched to legal records. Ballots are cast on mobile devices and stored on the blockchain until Election Day, when they are printed and counted with other mail-in ballots. Use is expected to increase in the future and pilots are planned in Brazil and other locations.

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