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Employment rate of persons with disabilities has fallen 15 to 20 per cent due to Covid-19 situation, a recent survey by the Centre for Disabled Persons’ Rights revealed.

TOKYO - On a winter day many years ago, Yoshitomo Kimura fell out of his wheelchair when he was trying to get into his car. He yelled for help, but no one was around - except Cynthia, his Labrador retriever service dog. Thanks to Cynthia, who fetched his cellphone, Kimura was able to call his neighbor.

The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities will ask the Cabinet to increase disability allowance from Bt800 to Bt1,000 per month, said its director-general Saranpat Anumatrajkij on Friday.

Pro-democracy disability rights activists gathered outside the Social Development and Human Security Ministry in Bangkok on Thursday to protest the government's welfare measures for the disabled.

Rayong residents have launched an online campaign to help an old disabled woman who lives in a derelict house and begs passers-by for food.

The Cabinet has approved a hike in disability allowance from Bt800 to Bt1,000 per month starting October 1, Government Deputy Spokeswoman Ratchada Thanadirek said on Tuesday (January 28).

President of the Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University (NRRU) council and former deputy prime minister Suwat Liptapanlop opened an event called “Kick-Off Korat Friendly Design”, signing a declaration on universal architecture design in the province on Monday (November 25) at the NRRU auditorium.