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Results are Tagged with "Disability Inclusion"

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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Watch the video of The Fulbright Experience: Reaching Out to All People with Disabilities .

Disability is Diversity: Dr. Christie L. Gilson Shares her Story

"Just because you have a disability does not mean you can't do an exchange program," says Dr. Christie Gilson. Read more about how an exchange program is an opportunity for anyone.

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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