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Study to fill care gaps for people with intellectual disabilities

Consultation has begun on a national plan that aims to help fill “critical gaps” in services for persons with intellectual disabilities. The plan, spearheaded by Mid-Atlantic Wellness Institute, has the support of the health and education ministries....
May 19, 2022
Health

Vision Bermuda appeals for funds to complete reopening

Vision Bermuda has launched a fundraising drive to prepare the charity to ready its renovated headquarters to reopen. The charity, formerly known as the Bermuda Society for the Blind, said major work on Beacon House is expected to be completed by the...
Apr 20, 2022
Entertainment

Multicoloured miniature horses on display at Washington Mall

Brightly painted statues of a miniature horse that delighted children across the island have gone on public display. The 20 life-size statues of Tilly, a therapy pet at the WindReach charity for people with special needs, can be seen in the Washingto...
Apr 11, 2022
Education

K Margaret Carter Centre for disabled shut due to Covid-19

A specialist centre for people with learning and physical problems has closed due to Covid-19, it was revealed today. The K Margaret Carter Centre in Devonshire is expected to reopen on March 28. A spokeswoman for the social development and seniors m...
Mar 22, 2022
Education

Special education school to celebrate its achievements

A school for pupils with learning difficulties has marked the start of Intellectual Disability Development Awareness Month. The Dame Marjorie Bean Hope Academy in Devonshire said it wanted to highlight the work it does and the people it was set up to...
Mar 11, 2022
Politics

Minister planning disability rights legislation

A government minister said she was passionate about equality for people with disabilities. Tinée Furbert, the Minister of Social Development and Seniors, added that she planned to work towards legislation that would enshrine legal rights related on a...
Feb 19, 2022
Tourism

Ferry staff get training designed to help disabled passengers

Ferry crew members have undergone special training to help make travel on the service a better experience for the disabled. A total of 22 frontline ferry staff took part in the training, organised by the Bermuda Tourism Authority and designed to help...
Feb 14, 2022
Golf

Golfers raise funds for island’s Special Olympians

A group of golfers have aided in the island’s preparations for the 2023 Summer World Games in Berlin, Germany. Organisers of the Knight’s Annual Golf Tournament, donated $1,000, raised from their two-man captain’s choice event held at Belmont Hills...
Jan 28, 2022
General

Call to focus on people’s ability – not disability

The public today united to celebrate the talents and achievements of people with disabilities. The UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities was marked with much fanfare as a music-filled motorcade made its way from the Mid-Atlantic Wellness ...
Dec 04, 2021
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