Children with disabilities

A girl with a large smile sits in her wheelchair at a desk with books laid out in front of her.

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Read how we work to uphold the rights of children with disabilities in the region.

04/10/2017

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When your disability stops defining who you are

Nino is one of seven children who now lives in a specialized family type service for children with severe and profound disabilities in Tbilisi, Georgia.

17/09/2019

Iryna Soroka, 24, presenting her social project for people living with disabilities, at the UPSHIFT Festival in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on 30 May 2019.

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In Ukraine, young people help others and dream big

UPSHIFT enables entrepreneurial young people in Kharkiv to take their ideas to the next level

28/08/2019

UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia, Afshan Khan is playing with children at the specialized service for children with severe disabilities in Tbilisi.

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Famly-type care changes life for children with disabilities

Public-private partnership driving positive change for children in Georgia

03/05/2019

Press release

75% of children with disabilities in Eastern and Central Europe and Central Asia left out of inclusive, quality education

Better access to assistive technologies could drastically increase number of children with disabilities in school

06/03/2019

Volodymyr Charushyn, 16, presenting a master-class on the creating the “interactive sign language alphabet” in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Blog post

The interactive alphabet

Bringing hearing and non-hearing people together

05/03/2019

A child using interactive learning games designed for children on the autism spectrum at the “My Way” Autism National Fund, Yerevan, Armenia.

Press release

Interactive exhibit on innovative assistive technologies to support children with disabilities access school

Special 2-day exhibit at the Palais des Nations in Geneva

05/03/2019

Noa, 4 years old, takes part in an activity designed to help with his communication skills at the specialist Centre for Children with Autism in Zagreb.

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Assistive Technology for Children with Disabilites

You are invited: Interactive exhibition on assistive technology, 7-8 March 2019, Geneva

25/02/2019

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There is no such thing as impossible

A Syrian refugee in Turkey finds a home and a purpose

01/12/2018

Aleksa, 10 years old, and Veljko, 4 years old, playing together in their home, in Berlgrade, Serbia, 19 November 2017.

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A family fighting for answers

Challenging barriers to inclusion in Serbia

01/12/2018

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