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Palestinians take part in wheelchair marathon to mark disability day

Palestinians took part in a wheelchair marathon to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities in Gaza City.

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'People of determination' helped to navigate living in Dubai

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How has Dubai become one of the most accessible cities in the world? In this episode of Focus, Euronews meets 'people of determination' there to find out.

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Disability in the UAE: how work can empower 'people of determintation'

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To replace the term 'disabled' the phrase 'people of determination' was coined in 2017 by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, vice president of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. Meaningful employment could empower some of the 110,000 people of determination in the UAE.

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Players, coaches and famous football names get behind Special Olympics ‘Faces of Football’ campaign

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These last eight months of pandemic have deprived us of our lives as we knew them, but among all our routine, one might have been hit the hardest: our freedom to move. Athletes were particularly badly hit as training and games were cancelled across the world.

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Deaf children in learning limbo amid lack of transparent face masks

For many students, a return to school ended months of disruption to their learning. But the requirement to wear face masks in the classroom means that, for deaf children, the problems continue.

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Flaws in Spain's COVID-tracking app are exposing the blind to virus

"This is an act of discrimination by the government, which has forgotten that people with disabilities exist," accessibility consultant José Manuel Delicado tells Euronews.

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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).

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

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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.

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Japan's Paralympic Games aim to leave lasting legacy

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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.

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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.

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Meet the MEP offering psychological support online during lockdown

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

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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

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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.

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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.