World disability & rehabilitation conference 2022

 The World #Disability & Rehabilitation Professionals Association organised the World Disability & Rehabilitation Conference in November 2022. Manique Gunaratne conducted the sessions on “Vocational Training & Employment for Persons with Disabilities.

 

Screenshot of a virtual conference presentation. The event is titled “The 7th World Disability and Rehabilitation Conference 2022,” held on 10th-11th November 2022, as a virtual conference. The subtitle is “Activism through Education – Education through Activism.”  The main slide features a “Plenary Speech” section, with the talk titled “Facilitating Career and Employment Opportunities.” The speaker is Ms. Manique Gunarathne, Manager, Specialized Training and Disability Resource Centre, The Employers’ Federation of Ceylon, Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan flag appears next to her name.  On the left side, there are logos for hosting, academic, and strategic partners, as well as the media partner.   To the right, a vertical row shows video call participant thumbnails: - The top participant is labeled “Chanika Gunathilaka,” appearing as the main speaker. - Below are Dr. Loren O’ Connor, Dr. Abigail Akande – USA, and another participant.  At the bottom, standard Zoom controls are visible, with options like unmute, start video, participants, chat (showing 6 unread messages), share screen, raise hand, record, and leave.

Conference presentation screen. The main focus is a banner for “THE 7TH WORLD DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION CONFERENCE 2022.” The theme, “Activism through Education - Education through Activism,” is written below the title. The dates “10TH - 11TH NOVEMBER 2022” and the words “VIRTUAL CONFERENCE” are displayed, along with a large “WE WELCOME YOU.”  The background includes an image of a person in a wheelchair reaching for a book in a library, a woman in a headscarf smiling, and two other people—one standing and one seated, appearing engaged in conversation or activity.  At the bottom, logos for various partners and organizers appear: - HOSTING PARTNER: WDRPA - ACADEMIC PARTNERS: Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, University of the Western Cape - STRATEGIC PARTNER: University of Sri Jayewardenepura - MEDIA PARTNER: Disabilities - an open access journal (by MDPI) - ORGANIZED BY: TIIKM  This is a Zoom interface with typical controls at the bottom (Unmute, Start Video, Participants, Q&A, Chat, Share Screen, etc.), and a small video feed of a participant in the upper right.

Zoom video conference screen  In the center, there is a large logo and text that reads: "WDRPA World Disability and Rehabilitation Professionals' Association" The letters in "WDRPA" include silhouettes of people with various visible disabilities, such as a person with a prosthetic leg, a person with a walking cane, and a person using a wheelchair.  On the right side, there are three video participant windows showing people in different locations, with their names displayed: - Nelum PushpasiriEdirisinghe Mudiy... - Dr. Loren O' Connor (with a world map background, muted) - Dr. Abigail Akande - USA (wearing red, muted)  At the bottom, there is the typical Zoom meeting toolbar, with icons for Unmute, Start Video, Participants (18), Q&A, Chat (3 messages), Share Screen (green), Raise Hand, Record, Show Captions, Apps, Whiteboards, and the red Leave button.  At the very top, a green bar says "You are viewing WDRC 2022's screen".



 #Manique Gunaratne

Manager – Specialise Training and Disability Resource Centre of The Employers’ Federation of Ceylon

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