Disabled persons
Disabled persons policy and administration
Ramp plan for public areas gets gov’t push
In efforts to improve conditions for its disabled citizens, the government yesterday announced that it plans to order the installation of ramps and access signs at all public places. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/ramp-plan-public-areas-gets-govt-push
Airline shifts blame for ‘disabled’ fee
The Disability Action Council (DAC) said yesterday it would conduct an investigation of Bassaka Airlines and the Cambodian Airport Management Service Ltd (CAMS) to determine whether a $240 surcharge for a wheelchair-bound passenger qualifies as discrimination under the country’s disability law. ...
Jonathan Cox
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/16267/airline-shifts-blame-for----disabled----fee/
Outrage over boarding charges
A government minister has threatened legal action, and disability groups are up in arms, after a small Cambodian airline forced a disabled passenger to pay $240 on top of her ticket price for help getting on and off an aircraft.Bassaka Air has admitted demanding the ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/outrage-over-boarding-charges
Krousar Thmey requests media to help encourage parents to send disabled kids to school
General Director of Krousar Thmey Herve Roqueplan had asked minister of information Khieu Kanharith to help encouraging private-run and state-run media to bring on air a video clip, encouraging parents to send their disabled kids to school. ...
The Cambodia Herald News Staff
http://thecambodiaherald.com/cambodia/krousar-thmey-requests-media-to-help-encourage-parents-to-send-disabled-kids-to-school-8895
Gov’t ramping up plan for tourist-site access
A push is on to mandate handicapped-accessible ramps at the Kingdom’s tourist attractions, a member of the government’s Disability Action Council (DAC) said yesterday. ...
Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-ramping-plan-tourist-site-access
Cambodia’s election body to make the disabled a priority in next elections
Cambodia’s National Election Committee (NEC) will make the disabled a top priority in political participation and include related policy in the country’s new election law to ensure them equality in the next nationwide elections, an agency official said. ...
Disabled ‘excluded from vote’
Disabled people in Cambodia may frequently be excluded from the election process, according to a new study that is to be released next week that indicates local authorities consistently refuse to issue identity cards to the physically and developmentally disabled. ...
Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/disabled-excluded-vote
For disabled, few opportunities and little sympathy
For more than 30 years, Svay Simorn, a social worker in Phnom Penh, has cared for her daughter and grandson, both of whom are mentally disabled. Over time, she has experienced discrimination and isolation. ...
Oum Sonita
http://www.voacambodia.com/content/for-disabled-few-opportunities-and-little-sympathy/2873543.html
More funding for people with disabilities
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is increasing funding to support a rehabilitation and prosthetics project for people with disabilities in Cambodia. ...
Va Sonyka
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/13296/more-funding-for-people-with-disabilities/
