ADDC Bulletin November/December 2017

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November/December 2017 CONTENTS

NEWS and UPDATES

• International Day of People with Disability 2017
• ADDC Parliamentary Event for IDPD, 6^th December
• ADDC Panel at the ACFID Conference
• ADDC New Website is LIVE!
• Three multinationals join UN global network on disability inclusion
• IDDC Photo competition: Together for inclusion:
• Financing for Development
• More efforts urged for inclusion of persons with disabilities in Africa
• Ghanaians with Disabilities Assured of Accessibility to Courts
• Iranian parliament discussing bill on rights of persons with disabilities
• Defeating a dire diagnosis – Supercoach’s epic victory featuring AFL PNG and celebrating International Day of Persons with Disabilities – published on Australia Plus
• Footy feat heightens Hala’s hunger to help featuring AFL Fiji – published on Australia Plus
• Meet the volunteer supporting Vanuatu’s pioneering para-athletes featuring VASANOC and Van2017 – published on Australia Plus
• Fiji commits to improve accessibility of sidewalks
• Uganda Sign Language App Launched
• Children with disabilities are being left behind, says World Bank/GPE report
• High-Level Political Forum (9-18 July 2018) – seeking your input

CONFERENCES and EVENTS

• DFAT Disability Inclusion Webinar (20 Dec 2017, 2.00pm-3.00pm)
• ISAAC Conference 2018 (21-26 July, 2018)

EMPLOYMENT and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

• Employment Opportunities on our new website
• Occupational Therapist, AVI, Deadline December 21
• Toyota Mobility Foundation launches $4 million challenge to expand mobility for people with lower-limb paralysis
• 21st ASEF Summer University 27 January – 10 February 2018,

M&E and DISABILITY

• Questionnaire: Empowerment of Women who are Blind or Partially Sighted

NEW RESOURCES

• Supporting the Poorest and Most Vulnerable in CLTS Programmes (Learning Paper)
• Bhutan launches KAP study on children with disabilities
• New UNAIDS report ‘Disability and HIV’
• New report from PLAN International: ‘Let Me Decide and Thrive’
• Jeremy the Dud: The Short Film That Flips Disability on its Head
• World Blind Union – Asia Pacific Has a new website

NEWSLETTERS from OTHER ORGANISATIONS

• United States International Council on Disabilities (USICD) Newsletter, Oct/Nov 2017-11-21
• DRD – Newsletter October 2017