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What do you know about disability trivia? Check out this monthly feature to find out interesting and fun facts from all over the world!
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There are 8.5 million disabled people in Britain - about one seventh of the British population.
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In the Dans Le Noir restaurant in London, diners eat in the dark and are served by blind staff.
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“Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt” is the oath of the Special Olympics?
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Under the organization called REGEDE - the Reich Union of the Deaf in Germany- by the Nazi Party, many German deaf newspapers and social groups were abolished.
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In an effort to be more accessible to the disabled during the Paralympics, Beijing is preparing to train at least 1000 people in sign language interpretation, so that “each small to mid-sized shopping mall will have one translator and big malls will have one on each floor”.
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One of the first programmes specifically produced for a deaf audience was ‘For Deaf Children’, broadcasted by the BBC in the late 1950s.
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Some disability rights activists use an acronym TAB, “Temporarily Able-Bodied”, as a reminder that many will usually become disabled, either from exhaustion or poor fitness, especially if they happen to the aged.
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The first international Special Olympics held in Chicago, USA, in 1968.
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The disability rights movement began in the 1970s, encouraged by the examples of the African-American civil rights and women’s rights movements. Activists aimed to make public and private buildings more accessible to the less mobile, especially via wheelchair ramps and automatic doors.
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In London, all newly-licensed taxis must be able to carry a wheelchair and all taxis must be wheelchair accessible by 1 January 2012
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