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The Silver Scorpion in Lebanon: Increasing Disability Awareness & Tolerance in Schools

You may remember how the Silver Scorpion was distributed to schools across Egypt last year through the help of the Egyptian Association for Educational Resources (E-Era). Now, with the cooperation and partnership of the International Education Association of Lebanon (IEA), the comic book is making its way into the hands of teachers and students in […]

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Open Hands Chairman Honored at Job Path Benefit

The Open Hands Initiative’s Chairman and Founder, Jay Snyder, was honored at Job Path’s annual benefit, which was held on October 17th at HBO headquarters in New York City. The yearly event serves as a way to help bolster this vital non-profit institution that aims to empower people with developmental disabilities. “There’s a job for […]

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Featured Guest Post from MIUSA: Empowering Women with Disabilities in Jordan and the U.S.

The following guest post is written by Franz Knupfer, Project Coordinator at Mobility International USA. This is the second post in our series highlighting some of the inspirational work done by organizations in the fields of Disability and Accessibility, Cross-Cultural Dialogue, Journalism, and Diplomacy. The featured guest bloggers come from different NGOs, nonprofits, and organizations whose […]

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Open Hands on Disability.gov Blog

Imagine if we could bring American and international youth together to collaborate on projects that raise awareness about common social issues faced by people all over the world. That is exactly what we do at the Open Hands Initiative… We work within three areas of concentration – Media and Democracy; Culture and Creativity; and Disability […]

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The Silver Scorpion Becomes an Animated Series on MTV Voices

The Open Hands Initiative is excited to announce that in partnership with Liquid Comics and MTV Voices it has launched an animated web series of the “Silver Scorpion” comic book. Created in Syria by 26 American and Syrian youths with disabilities while participating in the Youth Ability Summit in 2010, the “Silver Scorpion” is the […]