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          A dancer from the Paris Opera dances with a disabled dancer in her wheelchair during a rehearsal of the ballet "Passage" in Paris, on February 19, 2022. AFP

          No surprise that women with disability are good mums

          CommentApril 27, 2023
          Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed, Crown Prince of Dubai, attends an iftar banquet with autistic children and their families at the Emirates Towers hotel. Photo: Dubai Media Office

          Dubai raises social funding for people with disabilities by 60%

          GovernmentApril 17, 2023
          A pupil at the Rashid Centre for People of Determination in Dubai at work on an Eid design. Antonie Robertson / The National

          Dubai students with special needs design Amazon Eid cards

          UAEApril 05, 2023
          Trained Emirates staff wear the sunflower pin, which identifies them as able to help. Photo: Emirates

          Emirates airline boosts efforts to help passengers with disabilities

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          British Airways Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft as seen departing in the blue sky during rotation, take off, flying and retracting the landing gear phase, from Amsterdam Schiphol AMS EHAM International airpot. The modern plane, a wide body B787 has the registration G-ZBJE and is powered by 2x RR jet engines. British Airways BA is connecting the Dutch city to UK's capital, London LHR Heathrow airport. BA is the flag carrier of the United Kingdom, member of One world aviation alliance group and is owned by IAG International Airlines Group. The world aviation passenger traffic numbers declined due to the travel restrictions, safety measures such as lockdowns, quarantine etc during the era of the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic that hit hard the aviation and travel industry. Amsterdam, Netherlands on April 1, 2021 (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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          BusinessDecember 02, 2022
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          Dubai schoolgirl with Down syndrome aspires to make runway more inclusive

          EducationOctober 31, 2022
          Salem Bawazar played a vital role in hiring people with a range of disabilities to take pride of place on the global stage of Expo, in everything from photography and finance to visitor experience and administration. Reem Mohammed/The National

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          Mohammed Aboelazm and Eman Khamis, co-founders of EduTech start-up I Hear You, an Abu Dhabi-based start-up that provides two-sign sign language translation. Photo: I Hear You

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          TechnologySeptember 12, 2022
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          CommentSeptember 08, 2022
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          Abu Dhabi network helps disabled people in the workplace

          UAEAugust 11, 2022
          Palestinian children swim in a pool at a summer camp organised by Palestine Children's Relief Fund in Gaza City, Gaza on August 02, 2021. Anadolu Agency via Getty

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