Disability Rights Activists Urge Apple to Allow Persian Speakers to Access VoiceOver Screen Reader
Apple’s screen reader technology enables blind and low-vision people to ...
Tag : Disability rights
July 22, 2019
Iran’s State Broadcaster Discriminates against Women, People with Disabilities and Non-Muslims
IRIB’s New Job Posting Demands New Hires Be Male, Muslim and Without Disability In its latest job posting, the Iranian state broadcaster, the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), listed "complete health and lack of physical disability” and ...
March 5, 2019
Autistic Children in Iran Segregated and Punished for Having Learning Disabilities
Abdolreza Fouladvand, the head of the Education Department in Tehran Responding to news of an autistic child being treated inhumanely in a school, Iranian officials blamed the child and the ...
December 13, 2018
Activists Condemn Rouhani Government’s Minimal Proposed Funding For Disability Rights in Iran
A December 2018 meeting between disability rights activist and the head of ...
October 5, 2018
Iran’s Deaf Community Launches Campaign Urging Government to End Discrimination
Sign language interpreters at a gathering in Tehran on the occasion of 2018’s International ...
September 13, 2018
Families Supporting Children With Disabilities Struggle to Obtain Supplies in Iran’s Troubled Economy
The mothers of two children with spinal disabilities in Tehran Province told the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) that they are unable to obtain diapers, urinary catheters and other necessary sanitary products ...
August 7, 2018
Iran’s Child Protection Bill Includes Kids With Disabilities But Fails to Close Legal Loopholes
A bill in the final stages of Iran’s legislative process addresses the country’s legal vacuum regarding the abuse of children with disabilities but includes loopholes that put those children at risk, according to experts. Article 3 of ...
June 26, 2018
Iran: People With Disabilities Face Discrimination and Abuse
Human Rights Watch and the Center for Human Rights in Iran conducted in-depth interviews with 58 women and men with various disabilities, as well as with disability rights advocates and specialists across Iran. The World Health Organization and World Bank estimate that 15 percent of ...
May 16, 2018
Iran: Little Progress to Show UN on Disability Rights
Iran is facing a looming deadline to present its response to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) a year after the UN body gave the Iranian government three recommendations for upholding and ...
April 28, 2018
Footage of Minors Being Abused at Disabilities Center in Iran Highlights Lacking Legal Protections
Leaked video footage showing staff members at the Saraye Mehrabani Care Center in the city of Rasht, northern Iran, physically abusing minors with disabilities has highlighted the lack of ...
April 4, 2018
Iran’s Categorization of Autism As a “Special Disease” Is a Double-Edged Sword for Persons With Disabilities
The Iranian Parliament’s recognition of autism as a “special disease” will have positive and negative consequences for persons living with the disability in Iran according to an Iranian disability rights advocate. “Of course the steps taken ...
November 30, 2017
Iran’s Parliament Should Pass Pending Disability Rights Bill
New Law Needed to Protect Rights of Iran’s Long-Neglected Disability Community November 30, 2017–New legislation currently pending in the Iranian parliament will, if passed, strengthen the basic rights of Iran’s persons with disabilities community. The Center for Human ...
November 15, 2017
Encouraging the Adoption of Disabled Children is a Good Idea That Needs Better Planning
A recent pledge by an Iranian official to provide financial assistance to families that adopt children with disabilities is a good idea that requires thoroughly examining the underlying issues and improving existing services ...