Posted on July 16, 2018
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) reaffirms the basic human rights and dignity of persons with disabilities and advocates for the full participation of persons with disabilities in all aspects of life. However, persons with disabilities face numerous...
Posted on June 22, 2018
Lesotho’s mountains which is also the source of its crystal-clear water present unforgettable panoramas when one visits this alpine Kingdom in the Sky. On 17 May Prof Juan Bornman presented a morning seminar entitled “Believe that all can achieve: increasing participation of...
Posted on May 30, 2018
Prof Shakila Dada and Dr Kerstin Tönsing gave a presentation at the 2018 National Cerebral Palsy Conference entitled “AAC assessment for persons with cerebral palsy.” The presentation aimed at giving service providers a broad outline of aspects to include in an AAC assessment and...
Posted on May 23, 2018
On Friday, 11 May 2018, Prof Ulrike Lüdtke, head of the Department of Speech and Language Pedagogy & Therapy, managing director of the Institute of Special Education, one of the largest institutes of the Faculty of Humanities of the Leibniz University Hannover (LUH), in Germany visited the...
Posted on April 05, 2018
Increasingly universities requires researchers to embark on collaborative research with local and international researchers. As the principal investigators on a National Research Foundation (NRF) and Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT) Science...
Posted on December 05, 2017
Kolkata is the second largest city in India situated in West Bengal. Kolkata for most visitors conjures up images of human suffering and poverty. This is a partial picture of this vibrant city. It is a city of contrasts, not unlike South Africa, noble and squalid; historic and futuristic...
Posted on October 13, 2017
Dr Liezl Schlebusch was recently chosen as a recipient of an Emerging Researcher Award from the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) and Autism Speaks.
Posted on June 08, 2017
Lesotho might be a tiny landlocked country, nestled between the Drakensberg and Maloti mountain ranges but it is a country with a big heart. It is entirely surrounded by South Africa, and from 25 to 27 May 2017 four South Africans from the Centre for Augmentative and Alternative Communication...
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