Weekly News: No. 1
The All-Ukrainian Public Organisation “Coalition for the Protection of the Rights of People with Disabilities Resulting from Intellectual Impairments”
, as part of the information campaign “About the War – in Easy-to-Read Format”, is launching a weekly news column entitled “Did You Know?” in easy-to-read format (ETR).
Who is it for: people with intellectual disabilities, their families, professionals, volunteers, and anyone else who is interested.
The ‘Did You Know?’ column will help you find out more about war and international news, as well as support and the situations faced by people with intellectual disabilities in different regions of Ukraine. Most importantly, all the information is presented in accessible and easy-to-understand language.
Did you know what the first edition of the news is about?
- The Coalition organisation brings together Ukrainians with intellectual disabilities.
- To ensure that people with intellectual disabilities can understand the news, it is written in an easy-to-read format.
- The Ukrainian flag has been raised again on Zmiinyi Island.
- Ukraine has become a candidate for membership of the European Union.
- The organisation Inclusion Europe is helping our families.
- The President’s adviser writes about payments to children from UNICEF.
- In Lutsk, children with Down’s syndrome are weaving camouflage netting.
- Mykhailo Palamarchuk, a psychologist with the Dzerela organisation in Kyiv, has died. Our sincere condolences to his family.
This was made possible by the Ukrainian Rapid Response Fund programme, implemented by IREX with the support of the US Department of State.