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Beat Disability-By Embracing It
Equity and Inclusivity
Sabeena Jalal
"To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beautyto its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never, to forget."- Arundhati Roy
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Olympian Luol Deng and Paralympian Matt Scott demonstrate their passion and dedication for the game of basketball
| Source: you tube. Special olympics is a charitable sport organization for people with intellectual dissibilities while the paralympics is an elite level event for athletes with Physical disabilities. Basically exactly like the olympics but for people with physical impairements . |
Every year, Macarthur Disability Services hosts Jamm & Slamm, a one-day wheelchair basketball knockout competition contested by local businesses
"Every year, Macarthur Disability Services hosts Jamm & Slamm, a one-day wheelchair basketball knockout competition contested by local businesses. Funds raised go towards a program that brings wheelchair basketball to high schools, raising disability awareness among the youth of today." Source : you tube. More info: www.mdservices.com.auVideo produced by Stephen Rogan Magic Effects Digital www.magiceffects.com.au |
Aimee Mullins: The opportunity of adversity
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Contributed by Ahmed Itrat Grad School: Aga Khan Medical University 2008- Pakistan
"A living prove of Darwin's theory: It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change."
"The thesaurus might equate "disabled" with synonyms like "useless" and "mutilated," but ground-breaking runner Aimee Mullins is out to redefine the word. Defying these associations, she shows how adversity -- in her case, being born without shinbones -- actually opens the door for human potential."
About Aimee MullinsA record-breaker at the Paralympic Games in 1996, Aimee Mullins has built a career as a model, actor and activist for women, sports and the next generation of prosthetics.
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BMA Fair Medical Trade: Child labour and poor working conditions in the production of NHS supplies
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Contributed by Dr Rehman Siddiqui ( NHS, Uni Of Aberdeen ,UK) : BMA Fair Medical Trade: Child labour and poor working conditions in the production of NHS supplieshttp://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=100302445242&ref=search&sid=550896129.984737033..1
"Just as consumers are demanding to know how the tea, coffee and bananas they buy are grown, the UK health service is starting to examine how the surgical instruments that supply its hospitals are made, and how to ensure that they are traded ethically, as part of a wider initiative of sustainable development in the healthcare sector," Quoted from the Face book group.
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/333/7562/297 In December 2008, the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency published guidlines on Ethical Procurement for Health as a consultation document.
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Haiti's Road to Recovery - a month later...
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According to the latest estimates, 212,000 people died in the massive earthquake in Haiti. But there were also miracles,with 211 people were pulled alive from the rubble.
Bill Whitaker reports on Haiti's recovery.
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Global Empathic Response to Haiti- Lessons learnt from Past Earth Quakes - an interconnected and inter dependant world.
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World Bank disaster expert Christoph Pusch says Haiti may be able to replicate earthquake-recovery efforts used in Pakistan after a 2005 earthquake
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