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<p align="center"><b>Resolution 48/96</b></p> |
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<p>Ten percent of the population in Croatia are disabled persons and the number |
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of people with special needs is growing by 0.5% every year. The problems that |
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disabled people face on a daily basis, such as high curbstones, narrow doorways |
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or elevators, inaccessible sidewalks, restrooms, public transportation, parking, |
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etc., are just many of the concerns that disabled persons and their caregivers |
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are facing.</p> |
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<p> "Resolution 48/96" is a radio show that has been broadcasted for |
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four years on <a |
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href="http://www.radio101.hr/">Zagreb Radio 101</a>, and the name is the abbreviation |
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of the United Nations Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for |
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Persons with Disabilities. During the one-hour broadcast, the host, guests and |
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callers discuss the problems and needs of disabled persons as well as ways to |
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improve their quality of life.</p> |
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<p align="center"><img src="comm/logo_101.gif" width="75" height="75"></p> |
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<p>Although the shows audience is not solely disabled persons, it is the only |
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radio program that deals with these issues and the disabled are the most interested |
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group. That is why, in addition to studio broadcasts, the show also features |
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live reports from various centres, institutions and homes for handicapped children |
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and youth. At the "Slava Raskaj" centre, hearing impaired students |
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can also participate in the program as it is simultaneously translated into |
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sign language.</p> |
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<p>As sponsor of this radio show, it is PLIVAs hope to raise public awareness |
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by sending the message that disabled persons are not an isolated group of people |
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with specific needs, but are people with equal rights who are entitled to actively |
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participate in all segments of society.</p> |