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Over the past two decades mental health has made quite a progress in moving up the global political agenda. In the 1990s mental health was definitely not considered as such, and it took an extensive study carried out under auspices of the World Health Organization to convince the World Bank that the...
Research done by an NGO in Lithuania has found that Lithuania is one of few European Union states that still have special schools for children with disabilities. Children who are unable to access their schools are homeschooled.
King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Queen Silvia will visit Vilnius University (VU) on 7-8 October.
The attitude towards deaf children and children with hearing disabilities in Lithuania is improving, but lack of hearing aids financed by the state remains the main problem, said organizers of a conference of PAGAVA society which unites families with children with hearing disabilities.
The Bank of Lithuania has initiated meetings with representatives of organisations representing people with disabilities (the blind and the deaf), seeking to ensure that information about changeover to the euro is accessible to them as well.
