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Ontario's protocol for deciding who gets critical care in ICUs, explained
Ontario has prepared a triage protocol for deciding who gets life-saving care when the time comes that there are more patients in need of critical care than ICU beds. Dr. James Downar, who co-wrote the triage strategy, explains how it...
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Toronto van attack defence shows misunderstanding of autistic people in society
Kim Sauder, a PhD student in disability studies at York University, says the fact that Minassian's defence brought up his autism as a reason for not being criminally responsible speaks to how little people know and understand about those...
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EU's plan for including people with disabilities isn't moving fast enough, say activists
The EU's new 10-year strategy for the inclusion of people with disabilities builds upon previous mechanisms that have improved the lives of many, but it is still a long way off reaching equal rights for everyone, as one resident of...
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Disability in the UAE: how meaningful work can empower 'people of determination'
To replace the term 'disabled' the phrase 'people of determination' was coined in 2017 by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Meaningful employment could empower some of the 110,000 people...
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European Space Agency in bid to recruit more female and disabled astronauts
The European Space Agency is holding its first recruitment drive in 11 years and is highlighting its desire to achieve greater diversity.
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Canadians with disabilities to receive one-time payments: PM
Prime Minister Justin Trudeay says Canadians with disabilities will receive a one-time payment of up to $600 to help offset higher costs of living during the pandemic.
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Coronavirus: Transparent face masks help Belgian business see through crisis
Wearing a face mask has become an uncomfortable fact of life as Europeans leave lockdown. But for deaf people, it has become a barrier to communication. One small Belgian company, Brochage Renaître, decided to do something about it. They...
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Disability support: UK charities urge the government to do more
Staying at home and feeling ignored, this is how disabled people are struggling behind closed doors and under lockdown.
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'Ensure that no one falls through the cracks': Singh
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the $9 billion emergency COVID-19 aid for students is not fair to disabled students or those with children.
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Meet the MEP offering psychological support online during lockdown
For some MEPs, the coronavirus crisis has become more personal. Although political work at the European Parliament continues online, some politicians prefer to be on the COVID-19 frontline. Stelios Kympouropoulos from Greece is one of...
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European disabled groups worry about threat to independent living amid COVID-19
César Giménez went into hospital in 2003 with a headache which resulted in him leaving months later with severe brain damage. The 46-year-old Latin, Greek and English teacher, now works as a campaigner and lives a full and active life in...
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South Sudan rehabilitation centres struggling to serve those with disabilities
Decades of violence in South Sudan have caused many disabilities and hampered efforts to help.
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Pakistan girl defies disability with skiing skills
A hearing and speech impaired 12-year-old is not letting her disability stop her from pursuing her dreams on the ski slopes.
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Disabled children in Kazakhstan: Parents work to change practice
Human Rights Watch reports physical violence, forced sedation and an attitude of neglect towards children with disabilities in Kazakhstan state institutions.
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UK PM Starmer gets watered-down welfare bill passed amid Labour uprising
Despite massive majority, Starmer could not get party fully behind signature legislation to pare down spending.
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Riverdale woman with disability desperate for help after e-bike theft
Lisa Hammer says she relied on the bike too get around because of her disability.
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London protesters demand ‘Welfare not Warfare’ amid military spending rise
Protesters in London rally against welfare cuts and foreign aid reductions
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Toronto needs more wheelchair-accessible taxis, Beck Taxi says
As the city’s demand for accessible cabs rises, Beck Taxi and disability advocates are calling for more support. CBC’s Talia Ricci has more on the long-term solutions needed.
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People with disabilities face barriers to navigating B.C. Legislature, advocates say
Historic buildings in Canada face logistical and cost challenges to becoming accessible to people with disabilities, including the B.C. Legislature. People with disabilities and current and former MLAs say there's more the province...
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Disability advocates raise concerns over lack of representation in federal cabinet
Some people with disabilities — and their advocates — are expressing concern about Prime Minister Mark Carney's new cabinet. As Renee Lukacs reports, this comes after the former minister of diversity, inclusion and people with...
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‘Many deaf individuals are very upset’: The impact of a hearing services strike
Gilbert Guerin, who is deaf, explains through interpreter Jocelyn Dotta how an ongoing strike at Canadian Hearing Services is impacting the deaf community in Sudbury, Ont.
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Nigeria: Visually impaired children learn to swim in push for inclusion
Each splash is a defiance of the odds in a country where swimming is not part of the school curriculum and access to public pools is scarce
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Canadians with disabilities told us they feel ‘forgotten.’ Here’s why
Ask CBC News answers your audience question on what the main federal parties are promising for people living with disabilities.
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These smartglasses use AI to help blind people navigate the world unaided. This is how they work
The developers say current devices are a barrier to blind people using them, and they wanted to create a system where the user is indistinguishable from fully sighted people.