Have you ever considered obtaining a degree in "Disability Studies"?
Dr. Vickie Gauci is a lecturer at the Department of Disability Studies at the University of Malta in Msida, a 13 minute drive west of Valletta and is also the university's representative on CRPD's Committee on the Rights of Person's with Disabilities.
She will be informing us about the department's course and how the university aims to create an inclusive, equal-opportunity environment for students with disabilities.
Among the university's former alumni is the current Maltese President George Vella (since 4 April 2019).
If you think you might be interested in studying at the University of Malta, you can learn more about the Department of Disability Studies by listening this episode and by visiting their website:
Episode:
https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1hpuls
Department's website:
https://www.um.edu.mt/socialwellbeing/disabilitystudies
Learn more about Agenzija Sapport and the CRPD using the links below:
Agenzija Sapport:
https://sapport.gov.mt/en/Pages/default.aspx
CRPD:
https://www.crpd.org.mt/
You can learn more about the current Commissioner on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Samantha Pace Gasan via listening to this episode:
https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1hfa9e
Prime Minister Robert Abela met someone with a disability on 2 December 2020:
https://tvmnews.mt/en/news/person-with-a-disability-spends-the-day-with-pm/
Prime Minister Abela proposes annual increase for those supporting people with disabilities:
https://tvmnews.mt/en/news/pm-proposes-e4250-increase-annually-for-those-caring-for-persons-with-severe-disability/
Learn about the Maltese Federation of Organizations of Persons with Disability:
https://www.edf-feph.org/our-members/malta-federation-of-organisations-of-persons-with-disability/
Check out the Atelier Für Alle disability-oriented art program:
https://www.atelierfuralle.org
If you have any questions about this episode, please send them to: atelierfuralle@gmail.com
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