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Results are Tagged with "Disability Inclusion"

Building a Future Through Technology

Sura Mubarak is a true TechGirl—developing a robotics project to help people with hand disabilities control a computer and starting a volunteering organization. Sura knew that in order to pursue her love of robotics, a trip to the United States was in her future.

Pacific Islands Track and Field Delegation Experience the Universal Language of Sports

The sports visitors learn new track and field techniques and exercises at a clinic in Washington.

The U.S. Department of State’s ECA has conducted several track and field programs, but none quite as unique as this most recent one with the Pacific Islands.

A Year of Highlights for High School Students with Disabilities

This academic year (2012-2013), 30 FLEX, YES and A-SMYLE students with disabilities traveled thousands of miles from home to learn, grow, and contribute to their American host communities.

First Sports Envoys with Disabilities Travel to China to Advance Disability Rights and Inclusion

Dr. Woodson-Smith plays wheelchair basketball with some of the students at Guangzhou English Training Center (GETCH).

Addressing the rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities in China has emerged as a significant foreign policy issue in the twenty-first century. Dr. Becky Clark and Dr. Andrea Woodson- Smith made a historical trip serving as the first ever disabled sports envoys to travel on behalf of the State Department to Guangzhou, China.

Empowered to Live Life to the Fullest

The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA) stands as an advocate for the universal rights of all persons around the world. ECA’s EMPOWER Programs, a series of four separate two-way international exchanges, aim to put disability rights at the heart of our nation’s public diplomacy efforts.

EMPOWER Participants Promote Disability Rights Around the World

Front row left to right: Parkhat Yussupjanov (fellow from Kazakhstan), and Fahad Bilal (fellow from Pakistan) in the American Councils DC office during the orientation.

EMPOWER participants work together to promote disability rights.

The Fulbright Experience: Reaching Out to All People with Disabilities

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State Department Sports Program Helps Young People with Disabilities in China

Participants from Mobility International USA and Guangzhou English Training Center (GETCH) students work together on the court.

Professionals from Mobility International USA, through a Sports Grant traveled to China to help young people with disabilities there become more involved in sports and to increase their self-confidence and involvement in the larger community.

Exchange Student Aspires to New Heights

On a chilly October day, Azima found herself dangling on a harness, higher than a house, supported by a group of people gripping ropes below. "And then they let go!"

Blind Student Finds New Confidence Teaching in a Foreign Country

Once Andrey was accepted into the program, the realities of being disabled in a foreign country came to the forefront of his mind.

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