As communications and marketing manager of the Boston Jewish Film Festival,Jeff Remz is accustomed to thinking about what matters to the Jewish community. But the films on people with disabilities that his organization is screening beginning tonight are important, as Remz said, “to the entire film-going public.
“Disabilities don’t know boundaries by way of country, ethnicity, religion, or community.’’ said Remz. “Yes, we are the Jewish Film Festival, but we believe that REELAbilities gives us a chance to expand awareness of disabilities.’’
It is a dramatic departure for the BJFF, since only one of the six films included in Boston’s REELAbilities festival has a Jewish theme. Remz has already seen all six films himself, and is hard-pressed to name his favorite.
Parents of disabled children in New South Wales who have been left without transport to and from school say the Government has had months to solve the problem.
More than 100 students with disabilities across the state are still without transport - a week after school returned - and many have missed classes because of a Government dispute with bus operators.
It has been a difficult and distressing week for parents whose disabled children have been left stranded.
Alicia Scott's son, Christopher, has learning difficulties and behavioural problems. He was due to start year six this week but has been unable to attend.
"He's tending to lock himself in his room. He doesn't want to interact with anybody because
BEIJING - Disabled people in China's rural areas will enjoy full coverage by all the country'ssocial security systems by 2015, the China Disabled Persons' Federation (CDPF) said onThursday.
According to the CDPF-published Outline for Poverty Relief and Development for DisabledPersons in Rural Area (2011-2020), those social security systems include the minimum livingsecurity system, new cooperative health care system, and the new rural social pensioninsurance system.
The outline said that the household incomes of 10 million disabled people in rural area will beimproved by 2015 due to the government support, and community rehabilitation service will beprovided around the country.
ACTORS Sarah Parish, known for her role in BBC television drama Mistresses, and Roger Lloyd Pack of Only Fools and Horses, are supporting a campaign to raise £1million to improve a pioneering special school in Islington.
The Bridge School has 150 pupils aged 2-19 with autistic spectrum disorders, severe learning difficulties and profound and multiple learning difficulties.
Ms Parish said: “The work the Bridge School does with disabled children is incredible.
