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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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500 million people in the world are disabled - roughly one in ten.
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3rd December is International Day of Disabled Persons.
International Day of Disabled Persons, proclaimed as a collaborative effort by the United Nations, celebrates and acknowledges the experiences and capabilities of people with disabilities.
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Eating a handful of green vegetables every day would have been enough to save the eyesight of 250,000 children who go blind every year because of a lack of Vitamin A in their diets.
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War and violence are among the main causes for disability. An estimated 100,000 Cambodians have become disabled as a result of landmines.
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Helping Hands: Monkey Helpers for the Disabled is a national non-profit organization in America serving quadriplegics and other people with severe spinal cord injuries or mobility-impairments by providing highly trained monkeys to assist with daily activities. As live-in companions, the monkey helpers provide 20-30 years of service, bringing the gifts of independence, companionship, dignity and hope to the people they help.
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The first guide dogs were trained by the German government to assist war-blinded WWI veterans.
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Organized sport for persons with physical disabilities developed out of rehabilitation programs. Following the Second World War, in response to the needs of large numbers of injured ex-service members and civilians, sport was introduced as a key part of rehabilitation. In 1948, Sir Ludwig Guttman organized the first sports competition for wheelchair athletes in the Stoke Mandeville Games which evolved into the modern Paralympic Games.
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Over 100 million people are currently disabled as a result of malnutrition - that’s one in five.
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Blind and deaf since the age of two, Helen Keller was an American legend who learnt to read and write from her blind teacher - Anne Sullivan - and eventually became the first deaf and blind person to earn a college degree. She graduated from Radcliffe College, with honors, in 1904.
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Presbycusis (age-related hearing loss) affects two thirds of Americans over 65 years of age.
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