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Irish leaders discuss their new strategy for disabled people
Taoiseach Micheál Martin, Minister for Children, Disability and Equality Norma Foley, and Tánaiste Simon Harris speaking at Dublin’s Mansion House, discuss Ireland's Strategy for Disabled People 2025-2030. It is the first strategy...
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Mexico lifts 8 million people out of poverty since 2022
New report shows 18% drop in poverty levels in Mexico, though inequality concerns remain.
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What’s your amusement park hack?
With summer in full swing, kids may be hitting the amusement parks. But what can they do to make their visit as smooth as possible? CBC Kids News contributor Ainara Alleyne asked kids at Canada’s Wonderland in Vaughan, Ontario, for their...
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Nigerian church for the deaf offers people a sense of community
It is estimated that over 9 million of Nigeria’s 232 million citizens are deaf or living with hearing impairment.
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Australian gov't grants drive raft of start-ups for disabled
Funded by tax payers, $15bn disability scheme allows advocates to use technology to design services and apps needed.
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Indonesia's Unlikely Shutterbug: Part II | Close Up | Ep. 5
Achmad Zulkarnain, aka Dzoel, is focused on photography and helping people with disabilities in Indonesia.
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Indonesia's Unlikely Shutterbug
"You don't have to be perfect to be the best at what you do." Meet Dzoel, Indonesia’s unlikely shutterbug.
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The Brother: Muscular dystrophy and dreams of being an anime hero | Witness
At night, Kais, who has muscular dystrophy, dreams that he is an anime hero fighting a ruthless intergalactic villain.
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COVID's Disabled Victims | People and Power
An investigation into how discrimination and neglect during the pandemic have caused the unnecessary deaths of tens of thousands of people with disabilities.
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Raw Politics: Panel debates the sexism scandal that's shocked Iceland
It has not been a good week for sexism. Footballer Ada Hegerberg won the inaugural Women's Ballon d'Or award but her triumph was overshadowed by a 'twerking' controversy . Now, in Iceland, a scandal has broken out in parliament after...
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New treatments for severe depression
In Canada, almost a million people live with treatment-resistant depression, so doctors are looking at different approaches that go straight to the source within the brain.
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How to Buy a Home If You're Disabled
Nick Bailey, CEO of Century 21 Real Estate, explained the rights disabled and special-needs people have when shopping for a new home.
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ABC's 'Speechless' is Breaking Hollywood Barriers, Says Star Cedric Yarbrough
As ABC's "Speechless" starts its third season, star Cedric Yarbrough told Cheddar that the critically-acclaimed sitcom is helping to break down barriers in Hollywood for the disabled. The show is about a family with a child that has...
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How one Polish company is proving disability is no handicap when it comes to working
This edition of Business Planet goes to Katowice, Poland for a very special company, a social enterprise where helping people is as important as the bottom line. Today, 10% of European companies are social enterprises. They employ 11...
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Disabled woman creates custom-made motorbike to travel in Iran
People with disabilities often find it difficult to get around due to lack of transport facilities. But one woman in Iran has found her own way to get from A-B. Zahara Sedighi is unable to walk and was frustrated with the lack of...
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Cat gets bionic legs in landmark operation
Poo, the cat lost his hind legs in an accident and his chances of survival were slim. The traditional solution would have had him drag a set of wheels behind him. But he was taken to a Bulgarian vet who implanted bionic titanium legs....
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How mobile phones are helping the blind to see
Anne Hansen was not born blind, but around the age of 10-years-old she was told she had problems with her sight. That problem turned out to be a degenerative eye disease called retinitis pigmentosa. Around 10 years ago, she became...
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The Kiss comes to life for the visually impaired
The Kiss by Gustav Klimt is probably the most famous painting in Vienna, with over a million people viewing the masterpiece at the Belvedere Museum https://www.belvedere.at/en each year. The iconic image is now available to blind and...
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Hugh Herr moving mountains to end disability
At the age of eight Hugh Herr was already and gifted mountaineer, by 17 he was considered one of the best mountain climbers in the United States. Then calamity struck, while climbing a treacherous ice route on Mount Washington he and...
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How accessible is Toronto?
The Parapan Am Games is showing how accessible the city is - or isn't - and some say there isn't enough being done to remove barriers
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Me Before You: 2.5 stars out of 5
Eli Glasner calls it a soggy romance uniting Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke and Sam Claflin of The Hunger Games in a simplistic view of people with disabilities
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Me Before You: Emilia Clarke's romance film
CBC film critic Eli Glasner reviews new movie based on the best-selling novel from Jojo Moyes
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Aero 2016: drones, aircraft parachutes and paragliding in a wheelchair
The Aero 2016 show in the German city of Friedrichshafen on the shores of Lake Constance was a success according to organisers. Some 30,000 visitors attended the event, Europe’s largest and most important general aviation trade show,...
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University prof denied permanent residency over son's Down syndrome
Family believes Canada's medical inadmissibility laws are discriminatory