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No Wheelchairs Allowed
Alexander Mokin had his birthday party all planned out. He booked a table for four at Galereya, a popular restaurant and club in downtown Yekaterinburg. He’d chosen to celebrate turning […]
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Armenia: Education for Children with Disabilities
In Armenia it is common for children with disabilities of pre-school age not to attend kindergarten or any educational institution. First of all, their parents feel stressed to take them […]
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Disability in Tajikistan: The hidden children
And the parents coming together to instigate change In Tajikistan, as in other places round the world, disability is stigmatised and children are sent to state institutions or hidden away […]
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Liberia: Why Spelling Matters
MANGO TOWN, Liberia | Golden and draped in red, white, and blue ribbons, the spelling trophy won by Mango Town School has become more than a source of orthographic achievement […]
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Bosnia: Rare Optimism on the Education Front
SARAJEVO | Back in 2004, Nadja Steta, a primary school teacher in the Bosnian capital was among those who taught the first generation of children enrolling in primary school under […]
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Georgia: Experiment in Diversity
TBILISI | Each school day Ina Mangoshvili and her daughter Mari climb narrow Petriashvili Street to Public School No. 21.
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Kosovo: Blind Children to Attend Regular Schools
PEC, Kosovo | Metë Thaçi, a resident of the village of Malisheva, cannot see clearly. He is not completely blind but his vision is impaired, having inherited an ocular disease […]
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Kyrgyzstan: Still Waiting
Osh, KYRGYZSTAN | Looking back on the tumultuous events of March 2005, Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiyev once said that the Kyrgyz nation was “put on the edge of losing its […]
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Romania: Going for Gold
CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania | As the little white table-tennis ball rolls on the floor, Dacian Mackszin leans on the side of his wheelchair to drag the ball closer to him with […]
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