Wheelchair users and other disabled people encounter many obstacles when navigating the sidewalks of Jalan 17/21, Section 17, in Petaling Jaya.

A resident, who wished to be identified as Timothy, claimed the sidewalks were riddled with cracks, making it difficult for all pedestrians and cyclists.

If you ever need a role model, then national wheelchair tennis player Abu Samah Borhan is your man. The 32-year-old is the epitome of determination and perseverance, having come to terms with a spinal injury that left him paralysed from the waist down 11 years ago.

Every child has the right to learn and play no matter their differences. Driven by this belief, MPH Bookstores raised RM45,000 through its “MPH-Mutiara Minda Membaca Sambil Beramal” corporate social responsibility (CSR) campaign.

THOSE who become disabled because of diseases can receive a disabled person’s (OKU) card if they get a doctor’s certificate confirming their condition, said state Social Welfare Department deputy director R. Chitarthany.

The certification will have to be done in a public or private hospital and not at a specialists’ centre or general practitioner’s clinic.

Checks with both the JKM and disabled advocate Peter Tan showed that JKM rules require a disabled person to be examined, with a letter from a government medical officer stating the nature of the disability – temporary or permanent – and type of disability.

Unicef launched a study on the perceptions and attitudes towards childhood disability among Malaysians, which reveals a strong discrimination against the disabled.

A new training organisation has been launched by the North East Autism Society (NEAS), offering specialist training for employers to support staff with autism or other neuro-diverse conditions. It will also support and advise businesses of all sizes which aspire to widen their customer base to embrace people with neurodiversity.

85 percent of disabled people aged 18-34 say they are lonely often or all the time, new research from disability organisation Scope has established. The study involved interviews with over 1,000 disabled people.