For people on the autism spectrum, trauma and displacement can be particularly hard to handle. Some advocates are using Facebook as a tool to offer support and ressources to autistic people and their families.
The UN refugee agency and UNICEF have opened at the border of the northeastern Italian region of Friuli Venezia Giulia two 'Blue Dots' -- areas to support minors, women, families and people with special needs who are fleeing the war in Ukraine.
Oxana fled the war in Ukraine with her disabled daughter and her 17-year-old son. An Italian-Ukrainian humanitarian mission helped them escape to safety in Romania. They will soon be hosted in Bologna, Italy, where the girl will receive medical support.
Ukrainian families are finding better opportunities for their children with disabilities in Poland. Local volunteer organizations help them on their journey to adapt to their new life.
Hawa Selim and her 23-year-old son, who is paralyzed, spent more than three months living outside the UN refugee agency's office in Tripoli, desperately asking for help that never came. Then police arrested them and brought them to a detention center.
In a town in southern Germany, a weight has been lifted for Mheddin Saho. The Syrian, who is blind, has been given a second chance to apply for protection in Germany and is no longer in church asylum.
Munzir and Mustafa, a Syrian father and son, both missing limbs due to the war in their home country and featured in a now-well-known photo entitled 'Hardship of Life', are starting a new life in Italy, where they arrived Friday with their family.
Anthony from Liberia has spent the past seven months in a reception center for asylum seekers in the town of Eisenhüttenstadt in east Germany, near the Polish border. This is his story.
Among the athletes at the Tokyo Paralympics are six members of the refugee team. One of them is Syrian kayaker Anas Al Khalifa. DW's Ben Bathke heard his extraordinary and moving story in Germany before he flew to Japan.
Anas Al Khalifa fled Syria and settled in Germany. Then, a work accident left him paralyzed. Just over a year ago, he first sat in a Kayak. Now he's competing for a medal at the Tokyo Paralympics.
The parade of nations at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics opening ceremony was led by members of the refugee team, who received a message of support from Bayern Munich footballer and UN ambassador Alphonso Davies.
The International Paralympic Committee has revealed the Refugee Paralympic Team for the upcoming Tokyo Games. Six athletes with a disability, including the first female one, will compete in athletics, swimming, canoeing and taekwondo. The announcement comes three weeks after the presentation of the Refugee Olympic Team.