Indonesia’s Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos), through the Kartini Integrated Centre in Temanggung, is implementing a programme that provides special therapy services for people with disabilities and children with special needs (LATIH ADIKKU), the country’s national news agency Antara has reported.

The Japan Foundation for Social Contribution Fund on March 3 presented tens of wheelchairs to disabled people in the central city of Da Nang.

Breakthroughs in technology over recent years have helped disabled people find employment and have the chance to improve their soft skills. This has, in turn, increased their standard of living and helped them overcome the barriers they face.

Pham Huy has won third prize in the US invention competition and he was honoured at a ceremony held in the locality by the provincial Department of Education and Training

The Sponsoring Association for the Disabled and Orphans of Binh Thuan province has teamed up with the HCM City Sponsoring Association for Poor Patients to support the handicapped of Binh Thuan

More support for the disabled is needed to improve their access to education, health care, health and social insurance, and job placement services.

The Prime Minister has approved a project on promoting the rights of persons with disabilities funded by the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID).

As many as 2,550 people with disabilities, including women and homeless children, in the central province of Thanh Hoa have benefited from a 2014-2015 project funded by Germany’s Terre Des Hommes.

The central province of Thua Thien- Hue on November 10 received an US-funded project to support local disabled people for the 2015-2018 period.