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Why isn't there one unified sign language in the Middle East region?

There are approximately 72 million deaf people worldwide, using more than 300 different sign languages, according to the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD).

Real Economy

Europe's Accessibility Act: a step in the right direction

In partnership with The European Commission

Real Economy visits Warsaw, Brussels and Hannover to see what's being done to improve accessibility across Europe for people with living with a disability.

Spotlight

Japan's Paralympic Games aim to leave lasting legacy

In partnership with The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Spotlight explores the efforts being made in Japan to ensure the Paralympics have a lasting impact for those living with a disability.

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Boy with cerebral palsy completes marathon charity walk

Inspired by Captain Tom Moore, the centenarian veteran who raised tens of millions, the young man decided to set off on his own charity walk.

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Outrage as Israeli police kill autistic Palestinian man

Israeli police in Jerusalem shot and killed an autistic Palestinian who they mistakenly thought was armed with a gun, provoking furious condemnation.

Europe News

Transparent face masks help Belgian business see through crisis

For the deaf or hard of hearing, the see-through panel allows them to lip-read while maintaining a safe distance.

Europe News

Meet the MEP offering psychological support online during lockdown

A Greek MEP is offering his psychiatric services for free amid the coronavirus lockdown

Europe News

Disabled groups worry about threat to independent living amid COVID-19

Quarantine and lockdown measures mean many disabled people living in communities across Europe fear they’ll lose their personal assistants.

World News

Euroviews. COVID-19 doesn’t discriminate against refugees with disabilities. Neither should our response ǀ View

Security Council members vowed to do their best to make sure that the needs of people with disabilities were part in the humanitarian response in Syria and beyond. Now that the world is trying to defeat COVID-19, here’s your chance to make good on that promise.

World News

Euroviews. World Health Day: COVID-19 teaches us about the need for unity ǀ View

COVID19 has made it clear that the world must act as one to beat the pandemic, writes a global anti-discrimination campaigner.

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Light, lifelike and affordable: EU researchers develop innovative bionic hand

In partnership with The European Commission

Engineers and researchers working in tandem have developped a robotic prosthetic that closely imitates the 'natural architecture' and synergy of the hand.

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Technology aiming to transform the lives of people with disabilities

In partnership with The European Commission

The innovation project 'Insension' is being developed to give people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) a new way of communicating.

10 February 2020

Spain

Spain debates bill to scrap forced sterilisation of disabled people

As the Spanish Parliament debates a bill to scrap forced sterilisation of women and girls with disability, Euronews spoke to a survivor.

21 January 2020

World

What’s it like to be a blind voice-over artist? Amal Al Mansouri tells her story

Thirty-one-year-old Emirati, Amal Al Mansouri is a struggling artist of a different kind.

6 December 2019

Smart Regions

Electric tricycle causing a spin with those with impaired mobility

In partnership with the European Commission

New electric tricycles that resemble Roman chariots have begun appearing in France. They are calling the vehicle, the Benur and it's already causing a sensation for those with impaired mobility.

21 October 2019

France

Watch: Tetraplegic man walks again thanks to mind-reading exoskeleton

The technology represents a scientific breakthrough that could bring hope to tetraplegics seeking to regain movement.

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Mexico hosts fashion show promoting diversity and inclusion

Groups "Cambiando Modelos" (Changing Models) and Kadima hope the show will help to change the way disability is seen

27 September 2019

South Africa

Watch: Disabled artist dances with the stars in South Africa

Musa Motha's leg was amputated when he was 11-years-old, after being diagnosed with cancer. Now he is a lead dancer in 'Cion: Requiem of Ravel's Bolero.'

23 September 2019

Spain

360º video: this school teaches paraplegics how to fly airplanes

After losing the use of his legs in a plane crash, a Spanish engineer has launched a new kind of flight school where other paraplegics can learn how to fly planes.

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Replacing white sticks with electronic devices: new technologies for the visually impaired

In partnership with The European Commission

Translate images into sounds and you have a valuable navigation tool for blind people: increasing their mobility, safety and autonomy.