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State must provide escorts for all students with disabilities, Lottides says in new report

Peter MichaelSeptember 25, 2020September 25, 2020

By Peter MichaelSeptember 25, 2020September 25, 20200896

The state needs to provide escorts for all students with disabilities at all grade levels, while meeting their specific needs, Ombudswoman Maria Stylianou-Lottides said on...

Cyprus

People with disabilities voice demands during meeting with Anastasiades

Jonathan ShkurkoDecember 18, 2019

By Jonathan ShkurkoDecember 18, 20190217

People with disabilities on Wednesday asked for changes to 30 laws that are incompatible with modern approaches to disability and scrapping fundraising campaigns during a...

Cyprus

People with disabilities demonstrate outside palace

Gina AgapiouDecember 10, 2019

By Gina AgapiouDecember 10, 20190292

A delegation of people with disabilities gathered outside the presidential palace on Tuesday morning expecting to see the president and submit a written statement with...

Cyprus

People with disabilities still seeking equality, support group says

Annette ChrysostomouDecember 3, 2018

By Annette ChrysostomouDecember 3, 2018074

People with disabilities are not seeking an easier life, just equality with everyone else, the head of the association for people with disabilities, Andreas Georgiades,...

Cyprus

House discusses updating language on disabilities

Andria KadesFebruary 12, 2018

By Andria KadesFebruary 12, 20182 138

The law on ‘mentally retarded’ persons prepared 30 years ago should be renamed with the term ‘mental disabilities’, parliament’s human rights committee heard on Monday....

Cyprus Education

Parents of children with disabilities to demonstrate on Monday

Evie AndreouSeptember 10, 2016November 16, 2016

By Evie AndreouSeptember 10, 2016November 16, 20166 110

Parents of children with disabilities announced on Saturday they are to stage a protest outside the education ministry on Monday to request the application in...

Cyprus Health

Family protests over autistic son’s continued institutionalisation at Athalassa

Annette ChrysostomouJune 29, 2016November 16, 2016

By Annette ChrysostomouJune 29, 2016November 16, 20165 173

The Cyprus Autism Association on Tuesday protested against the continued institutionalisation people with autism in the Athalassa Psychiatric Hospital. Demonstrating in front of the labour...

Cyprus

Action plan for more accessible tourism

Annette ChrysostomouOctober 28, 2015October 28, 2015

By Annette ChrysostomouOctober 28, 2015October 28, 201514 152

By Annette Chrysostomou The Cyprus Tourism Organisation (CTO) is preparing concrete plans of action aimed at providing more accessibility to tourists with disabilities. The aim...

Cyprus

Disabled say GMI ignores them

George PsyllidesJuly 19, 2014

By George PsyllidesJuly 19, 201414 142

By George Psyllides THE Cyprus Paraplegics Association said yesterday it was not satisfied with the provisions of the Guaranteed Minimum Income and urged its members...