Disabilities around the World
Clichés, facts and figures about people with special needs. In this category find out about disabilities around the world.
What is the difference between intellectual disability, mental disability and psychiatric disability? How many blind people and low-vision people are in your country? Go beyond clichés about deaf and hard-of-hearing people.
Get to know more about disabled people. You will be surprised!
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Visual disability
13 Must-Have Apps for Blind or Visually Impaired People in 2020
Thanks to a more and more innovative technology, blind or visually impaired people can use smartphones and apps that are especially designed to answer their needs.
physical disability
9 Must-Have Apps for People with Physical Disabilities in 2020
Thanks to apps and features, people with physical disabilities can gain more autonomy and independence. Today technology rimes with accessibility for all.
hearing disability
5 must-have apps for deaf and hard of hearing people in 2020
Technological breakthroughs can do miracles. For the 466 million people worldwide having disabling hearing loss (WHO), smartphones have become an essential tool to facilitate social interaction due to speech perception.
mental disability
9 Tips to Welcome a Person with an Intellectual Disability
You’re facing a person with an intellectual disability and you don’t know how to exchange with them? Everybody can feel uncomfortable seeing we don’t always know how to approach a person with disabilities.
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