Dasha Daunis is a lively 15-year-old who loves animals. She talks with her mother, Anastasia, about a recent trip to the circus, where they saw her favorite, bears. Dasha was born with Down syndrome, ...

(Moscow) – Russian orphanages where children with disabilities grow up often transfer them to closed state institutions for adults when they reach 18 without their consent, Human Rights Watch said ...

* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. Tweet Widget Facebook Like Email The Russian State Duma should pass amendments that will protect ...

"I don't want to look at children in wheelchairs!" shouted one distraught woman at a tense public meeting in eastern Siberia late last year. "I can't do anything to help them, and I can't look at them ...

We provide three measures of age-standardized disability rates for each Russian region and show that most, though not all, of the regional patterns in disability prevalence disappear with ...

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TUCSON (KVOA) - The Citizen Diplomacy Alliance was recently gifted with a special art piece for its work in welcoming international visitors to Tucson. Pima Community College presented the artwork to ...

On March 7, the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games opened with beautifully choreographed performances. Thousands of spectators watched from the stands. A dance routine included performers in ...

Special Olympics is canceling its upcoming World Winter Games as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The international competition was supposed to be held in Kazan, Russia in January 2023. In ...

Nearly 30 percent of Russian children with disabilities end up in state orphanages, where they can suffer neglect and abuse at understaffed... For Russian Kids, A Disability Often Means Life In An ...