Problems With Donated Tech for the Disabled
Technology donated to help people with physical challenges should be adapted to local conditions and receive technical support otherwise it may result in further health problems to the user, an expert says.
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Rwanda:
People With Disabilities Ask More Employment Chances
Focus, 12 November 2013
In order to ensure the welfare of people with disabilities, the National Council of Persons with Disabilities (NCPD) on Tuesday convened to discuss a system of categorization,… Read more »
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Africa:
Focus On Disability - Changing Agricultural Attitudes
SciDev.Net, 9 October 2013
Low-tech projects are overturning prejudices and leaving disabled people free to farm, says Sue Coe. Read more »
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Africa:
Focus On Disability - Delivering Equal Access to ICTs
SciDev.Net, 18 July 2013
An Indian technology firm, BarrierBreak, is adapting Western-designed technology that magnifies and reads aloud documents to assist visually impaired people, it was reported. Read more »
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Africa:
Focus On Disability - Book Treaty Needs Tech Backup
SciDev.Net, 18 September 2013
A treaty has been adopted by the 186 member states of the UN's World Intellectual Property Organization to enable books to be reproduced in formats accessible to visually impaired… Read more »
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Africa:
Report Calls for Action On ICTs for Disabled People
SciDev.Net, 2 October 2013
A report by the UN agency for information and communication technologies (ICTs) and its partners has mapped out the necessary steps to making ICTs suitable for, and available to,… Read more »
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Africa:
UN - Disaster Policy to Get Input From Disabled People
SciDev.Net, 9 August 2013
The UN is surveying people with disabilities to find out how they cope during disasters, and to help include disability in the post-2015 development agenda on disaster risk… Read more »