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Sign language contest held in Shanghai

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Sign language contest held in Shanghai

Contestants take part in sign language contest in Shanghai, east China, Dec. 3, 2009. A total of 48 staff members from hotels and bankers took part in a sign language contest here Thursda...

People with disabilities call for accessible travel

Every year, December 3 is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Disabled people in Beijing, however, would have a hard time going out to celebrate it. "As a country with ...

World Disability Day marked across China

Disabled young people study making clay sculptures under masters' instructions at a disability service supermarket in Zhengzhou, capital of central China's Henan Province, Dec. 3, 2009.

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Concert for worthy cause in Beijing

·New allowances target seniors, disa...
·Exhibition for disabled people open...
·Disabled enjoy Paralympic legacies

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Help Disabled People,China is Acting

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·200 million yuan raised to help Chinese children with hea...	·China launches program to aid jobless disabled persons
·Disabled students in Tibet benefit from special education	·Beijing protest over disabled rights
·Hong Kong to improve services for disabled and mentally-i...	·Home to the disabled
·Chinese vice premier urges efforts to improve life qualit...	·World Expo Shanghai to set up pavilion for the disabled
·HK gov't commits more than $2 bln to support disabled peo...	·China promulgates first regulation to secure welfare for ...
·Disabled people's right to drive sparks heated discussion...	·Beijing to equip 30,000 homes for the disabled by 2010

Brief Introduction

International Day of Disabled Persons (December 3) is an international observance promoted by the United Nations since 1992. It has been celebrated with varying degrees of success around the planet. Typically, the Day's activities are mounted by unpaid volu...

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