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In partnership with The European Commission

Futuris meets doctors from across Europe who have joined forces as part of a European project aimed at improving treatment for patients with traumatic brain injuries.

25/02/2019

World

Jordan's school challenge: educating Syrian refugee children with disabilities

In partnership with The European Commission

In this episode of Aid Zone Euronews' Monica Pinna travels to Jordan to look at how the EU and other international organisations are supporting the country's efforts to integrate Syrian refugee children into the national school system.

20/12/2018

Afghanistan

The Italian man helping disabled Afghans get back on their feet

Alberto Cairo tells Euronews that rehabilitation is about more than artificial limbs.

15/12/2018

World

Discussion: the sexism scandal that's shocked Iceland | Raw Politics

It has not been a good week for sexism.

04/12/2018

Italy

Disability isn't a bar to going out in these Bologna night spots

A woman rolls into a bar...

09/11/2018

Argentina

International dwarf football tournament tackles prejudice

International dwarf football tournament tackles prejudice. Paraguay comes out on top in final.

30/10/2018

World

Syrian war victims: rehabilitation rebuilds lives in Turkey

In partnership with The European Commission

The international community helps Syria & Turkey to restore mobility to the war-disabled, and take some of the strain off stretched local health services.

25/10/2018

France

Watch: Visually impaired man thrown out of supermarket in France

A video of a visually impaired French man and his guide dog being kicked out of a supermarket has sparked outrage on social media in France.

10/10/2018

Turkey

Istanbul cafe employs Down syndrome staff

“I say to every customer: please don't pity us. We are different, we are overcoming boundaries," says teenage waiter Evren.

09/10/2018

Turkey

Meet the teenage Turkish swimming champion born without arms

Paralympic swimmer Sümeyye Boyaci says “fish also have no arms but decided to swim”.

21/09/2018

World News

Bionic breakthrough announced in the design of prosthetics

Researchers say they've designed a prosthesis that the amputee's body accepts as a part of itself.

20/09/2018

Business Planet

How one Polish company is proving disability is no handicap when it comes to working

In partnership with The European Commission

For those bedridden or paralysed the jobs market appears to be closed. One Polish entrepreneur is turning that notion on its head.

07/09/2018

World

How are 3D-printed limbs changing lives in the UAE?

High-tech 3D-printed limbs are providing amputees in the United Arab Emirates with the renewed chance to walk, run and even ride motorcycles.

10/08/2018

World

Stories of brutality and survival in Mosul

We met the people who survived the 9-month battle of Mosul, but also the three hard years of ISIS' occupation. Each of the people you will find on this page has been seriously injured and gone through trauma. Like them, there are another 54,000 in Mosul alone.

03/08/2018

France

French Minister: disabled people deserve to travel like everybody else

French Minister calls for better response from airlines after disabled teenager is thrown off plane.

27/07/2018

World

Mosul and its people rise from the ruins

In partnership with The European Commission

One year after ISIS was driven out of Mosul stills resembles a war zone and its people struggle to rebuild shattered lives

26/07/2018

Chile

Visually disabled people can experience art a whole new way

A new initiative in Chile’s capital of Santiago allows visually disabled people to enjoy the city’s bustling street art scene.

26/07/2018

United Arab Emirates

Disabled teen thrown off Emirates flight despite doctor's OK to fly

Euronews presenter Isabelle Kumar and her family were removed from an Emirates Airline flight because of her son’s epilepsy, even though doctors had cleared him to fly.

25/07/2018

Lithuania

"People with disabilities are an important part of our community"

Dana talks about her son Paulius, who has an intellectual disability. He inspired her to work with a group of people who support families like hers.

17/07/2018

Lithuania

The mother turned disability rights activist: our 7th #Europeanhero

Dana Migaliova's son has an intellectual disability. During the Soviet period he had to be hidden away. Dana wanted to give him a normal family life and, in fighting for this, Viltis was born. Her tireless work for this Lithuanian NGO makes her our 7th #Europeanhero.

16/07/2018