Disabled youth shows the way in cabbage cultivation

Disabled youth shows the way in cabbage cultivation : 16th dec13 ~ E-Pao! Headlines

Imphal, December 15 2013: No matter he is a differently abled person, a young man from Kwakta Sandong Makha Leikai has showed the way to many disabled persons to face the challenges in life. Read more

Inspiring people with disabilities to overcome the odds - Saskatoon | Globalnews.ca

Inspiring people with disabilities to overcome the odds - Saskatoon | Globalnews.ca

The International Day of Persons with Disabilities was celebrated in Saskatoon Tuesday with some inspiring stories from people who, against all odds, have become successful entrepreneurs.

Brett Francis, 24, has struggled with a number of disabilities most of her life including Turrets Syndrome and ADHD.

“You do get judged and you do get discrimination, I mean I was teased and bullied all throughout high school,” said Francis.

Now she’s the CEO Read more

How to Emotionally Cope With Having Disabilities - Step 2

Exercise often. Get plenty of exercise in any way that you can. If you're in a 

• Don't be ashamed if you can't exercise the way other people do. Exercises are designed for people with standard bodies and a full set of normal abilities. Don't measure your progress against other people's. Judge your progress realistically in relation to your own past efforts and results. Stop if it hurts, especially with back injury and disability, bad knees and any other condition that can cause sports injury.

• Remember that the Special Olympics has it right - everyone's a winner. If you manage any exercise at all, or any improvement in physical function, you've won something. Effort does count a lot more than it would for someone abled. Don't expect your results to be the same as someone who's abled and decides to change a sedentary lifestyle.

Scores for Entrepreneurs With Learning Disability

Waffling on pays off as scheme scores entrepreneur grant - Northumberland Gazette
A north Northumberland man’s scheme to increase the skills, independence and life chances of young people with learning difficulties has received a major boost. Read more

Activities for the Elderly and Disabled

Finding activities appropriate and enjoyable for the elderly and disabled can be frustrating. This is a guide about activities for the elderly and disabled.

Tip: Craft Projects for the Elderly and Disabled

There are so many small craft projects, with assistance that the elderly, handicapped and disabled can do! My most important suggestion is not to involve them in a lengthy project, but one they can accomplish in a short time frame.

Here are a few ideas, but use your imagination as there are a lot of brilliant members on Thrifty Fun!

• Take a photo of this person, assist them to draw around their face on the photo by using a cup centered and an ink pen. Assist or cut out with scissors or pinking sheers. Use a hole punch to make 2 holes an inch apart. using Tacky glue, add a trim piece of lace around the edge of the photo, make a small bow and glue that on the top or bottom but, not to overpower or interfere with their photo. Use a large safety pin between the two holes, allow to dry. Voila! They can wear a pin with their own photo that they helped to create!
• Another easy project is to allow them to look at pictures in magazines to see what draws their interest. Ask them to point, smile, or discuss if they see something they like or has a fond memory for them. Mark these items and also things that you feel the person would like. Cut these out, glue all of these items onto a poster board as a collage! Use a Glitter Pen to put their name at the top! This is a sure hit! Allow them to assist as much as they can! A lace trim glued to the outer edge makes it a tad more fancy!
• Refrigerator magnets are also a hit made from photos, left over craft items, etc. They stick to metal wheel chairs and walkers, you know! Most of all, use your imagination for them for projects!
• I have not come across one person who would not like to help make a homemade card! Left over craft items, paper stock, colored markers and glue! It can be for any occasion of just because!
• Cookie decorating is fun for all!

I guarantee these projects will be a hit and very rewarding, both ways! Their motor skills and abilities may be impaired but, with your help, the possibilities are limitless! Please add your own creative ideas to this! Thank you!

By Missy MM from Ohio

Disability and Culture

The cultural understanding of the concept 'disability' is central to the determination of the position or status that the disabled individuals are given in a specific society. Cultural understanding is also shaped by the meanings attached to the concepts of human being or personhood, by the social and economic organization of a given society, or by other internal and external cultural dynamics.

Ingstad and Whyte (p. 8) note that the conceptions of disability are formed by the conceptions of the person in a culture. The 'person' refers to the evaluation of others as opposed to self-evaluation. Large and small scale societies perceive the concept of disability differently. According to Scheer and Groce (1988, pp. 331-32), in small-scale societies close interactions between individual members are the norm, and each individual may have extended and multi-strand relationships with other members of the society. Individuals may interact in the course of economic production, during leisure time, or while participating in the arts or ceremonies. The social identity of the person in these small-scale societies is based on family clan and other characteristics and not on how the individual looks. Natural integration of the disabled into family life and community activities is the norm in many small-scale societies. The disabled, as we will see in the course of this paper, are viewed as unique individuals and not as persons with disabilities.

In large-scale societies, on the other hand, where social relations and contexts are more impersonal, individuals are not directly related to each other in varied contexts. For example, relationships that begin at work often end at work. Based on the concepts of equality and individual rights, there is a general assumption that people are not different: difference is treated as invisible. Large-scale societies' conceptions of disability are, therefore, formed not from within the general society and the social processes, but "in the context of the centralist state that imposes a universal code through legislation" (Ingstad & Whyte, p. 8). Legislation determines the existence and recognition of the disabled by defining what it means to be disabled, establishing criteria, and determining the classification of the disabled. Legislation also determines the establishment of medical and paramedical institutions as well as educational services. In this way, people with infirmities become a marked group; they are given social identity; as citizens who have the same rights as others and should be integrated like ordinary people. Disability, therefore, in Europe and North America exists within and is created by a framework of state, legal, economic, and biomedical institutions. The concepts of personhood are also inevitably shaped by those institutions. This situation is not helped by the mass media, which according to Ferguson et. al. (1992, p.229), tend to portray the disabled negatively. They note, for example, that stories, be they fairy tales or movies, tend to portray the villain as associated with abnormality, whether physical, psychological, or mental. They also note that there are usually very few positive images of the disabled in the media. The positive images displayed are mainly of disabled children and very rarely adults. This tends to give the impression that the disabled are like children.

What is your view or what happens in your culture?

Long-Term Master Awards

Long-Term Master Awards

Persons with disabilities have a chance.

Canadian Government Grants for Hiring Persons with Disabilities - Business Insider

Canadian Government Grants for Hiring Persons with Disabilities - Business Insider

The Canadian Government has introduced several funding grants for small business in Ontario to improve workplace accessibility and hire skilled persons with disabilities.

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Boost for the disabled

Boost for the disabled - General - New Straits Times
KUALA LUMPUR: Disabled entrepreneurs no longer have to pay to register and renew their business licences with the Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM).

Read more: Boost for the disabled - General - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/nation/general/boost-for-the-disabled-1.161307#ixzz2AxvXIXxh

Disabled Entrepreneurs Seek Support | P.M. NEWS Nigeria

Disabled Entrepreneurs Seek Support | P.M. NEWS Nigeria

“We want to ensure that persons with disabilities are successful in their endeavours and to eliminate begging and destitution in the society. We want them to be able to access funds, support and incentives and for them to showcase ability in disability.Read more

Forum: Disabled persons deserve better - Southtown Star

Forum: Disabled persons deserve better - Southtown Star

Cambridge Entrepreneurs | Innovation & Entrepreneurship Cambridgeshire | Entrepreneurs - the ones to watch

Cambridge Entrepreneurs | Innovation & Entrepreneurship Cambridgeshire | Entrepreneurs - the ones to watch

Disableds’ uphill battle in the city - Cape Argus | IOL.co.za

Disableds’ uphill battle in the city - Cape Argus | IOL.co.za

“We might have access in a sense, but without quality. Pavements are not ramped and public transport is futile as it is not accessible,” Jabulane Blose, said. Read more