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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> IDA_CRPD_Forum@yahoogroups.com [mailto:IDA_CRPD_Forum@yahoogroups.com]
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 14 August 2018 10:49 PM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Talin Avades <tavades@ida-secretariat.org>; Vladimir Cuk <vcuk@ida-secretariat.org>; Nicolas Bach <nbach@ida-secretariat.org>; Priscille Geiser <pgeiser@ida-secretariat.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [IDA_CRPD_Forum] Mad in Asia- A blog of TCI Asia<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Warm greetings from TCI Asia. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">We are writing happily, with the news that TCI Asia is now publishing a blog, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>"Mad in Asia" </b>in partnership with Mad in America, and with the support of the International Disability Alliance and the Bapu Trust, Pune. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Through the blog, we hope to highlight issues from the Asian region and (soon, Oceania) on the issues and concerns of persons with psychosocial disabilities. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">we do look forward to covering other Asian regions (West and Central) and the Oceania countries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt">Hope this news will be useful to all people in IDA networks, do share our joy and happiness in IDA and beyond, about "Mad in Asia", under the able editorship of Jhilmil Breckenridge and her team. We look forward
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