According to data collected in 2006, roughly 2,100 people live with disabilities in Samoa. The country's constitution does not specifically address or...

aspects of traditional practices. In 2016, Samoa ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities CRPD and the three optional protocols...

elections will be held in Samoa on 29 August 2025 to determine the composition of the 18th Parliament. Initially expected to be held in 2026, Prime Minister...

1982) is a disability rights activist from Samoa. Utumapu, the daughter of Reverend Taito Masunu and Senerita Utumapu of Tuanaʻi, grew up in Safotu, on...

the disability. Alefosio ‘Sio’ Laki qualified to represent Samoa at the 2016 Summer Paralympics in Rio in the discus. He started participating in discus...

with Disabilities is an international human rights treaty of the United Nations intended to protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. Parties...

Congressional directive on governance, the people of American Samoa adopted a constitution in 1967, and then in 1977, elected territorial officials for the first...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people in Samoa face legal challenges not faced by non-LGBTQ residents. Sexual contact between men...

Samoa did not win a medal at these Games. Milo Toleafoa competed in the men's 400m T38 (cerebral palsy, with a comparatively low level of disability)...

framework grew out of the disability rights movement and builds on the social model of disability, arguing that disability partly arises from societal...

SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates their individual differences, disabilities, and special needs. This involves the individually...

athletes with a range of disabilities. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which since the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, have...

held in Samoa on 9 April 2021 to determine the composition of the 17th Parliament. The Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP), which had been in government...

in those territories. The U.S. administers three territories in the Caribbean Sea and eleven in the Pacific Ocean. Five territories (American Samoa,...

Samoa rules is a game derived from Australian rules football and rugby union that is occasionally played in Samoa. Generally the rules are taken from...

executive orders, they are not numbered. A presidential determination results in an official policy or position of the executive branch of the United States...

In June 2022, it was announced that The Jennifer Hudson Show would premiere on September 12, 2022, and that it had been cleared in 95% of the U.S. In...

and Disabled communities. He works in the disability services sector. Umaga's parents were part of the 15,000 Samoans who immigrated to New Zealand between...

additional waivers, while similar but separate rules apply to American Samoa. The U.S. government requires all individuals entering or departing the...

current data on homelessness in the United States is reported annually by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the Annual Homeless Assessment...

scheduled for a third in 2029. Vanuatu and Palau have also hosted two Games. Similarly to the main Games, athletes with a disability are included as full...

retirement, disability and survivor benefits. The Social Security Administration was established by the Social Security Act of 1935 and is codified in 42 U.S...

Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and minor outlying possessions. The United States shares land borders with...

birth in Mississippi, American Samoa, and West Virginia are among the shortest in the nation. The life expectancy in some states has fallen in recent...

2. American Samoa's first constitution becomes effective. July 3 – A military rebellion led by Belgian mercenary Jean Schramme begins in Katanga, Democratic...

and Samoa (1983, 2007, 2019). French Polynesia, who hosted in 1971 and 1995, will become the fifth country to host the Games for the third time in 2027...

American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The colloquial term Lower 48 is also used, especially in relation...

with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and activities to 5 million participants and Unified Sports partners in 172 countries. Special...

The New Zealand Samoan Assemblies of God (SA/G) or (SAOG), officially The General Council of the Samoan Assemblies of God in New Zealand Inc. are a group...

non-Paralympic disability sport classification of hearing impairment will also take place in Tokyo, Japan. January 13 – 23: 2025 Winter World University Games in Turin...