Sepasang suami isteri orang kelainan upaya (OKU) penglihatan berniaga sarung bantal secara kecil-kecilan di Pasar Awam Kulim di sini, sebagai usaha untuk menyara kehidupan mereka. Dengan kemampuan yang terbatas, pasangan Mona Ahmad, 41, dan Abd Hamid Mat Piah, 58, terpaksa berulang-alik setiap hari dari rumah mereka di Bukit Mertajam, Pulau Pinang ke pasar awam di sini demi mencari sesuap nasi.

Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia (UIAM) mengalu-alukan hasrat pelajar terbaik Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2018 Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Pengkalan Chepa 2, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Muhammad Ridzwan Roslan, 18, yang mahu melanjutkan pengajian dalam bidang kejuruteraan di universiti itu. Calon berkeperluan khas dan orang kelainan upaya (OKU) yang kudung tangan sebelah kiri itu memperoleh pencapaian cemerlang 9A 1B (4A+, 4A, 1A-) pada pengumuman SPM 2018, Khamis lalu.

Under Bantuan Sihat Selangor, the state government has schemes offering up to RM5,000 for each patient in the B40 category (bottom 40% or low-income).The state has allocated RM5mil for this scheme and patients can apply for funds for kidney dialysis, prosthetic legs, minor surgery, cancer treatment, eye cataract operation, physiotherapy treatment and other hospital-recommended needs.

Kekurangan diri sebagai orang kurang upaya (OKU) yang cacat pendengaran sejak lahir tidak menghalang, Nur Farah Azyra Johan, 37, mencari rezeki halal memilih bidang yang kebanyakan masa perlu berkomunikasi dengan ramai orang. Kecekalan wanita berstatus ibu tunggal kepada dua cahaya mata yang masing-masing berusia lapan dan 12 tahun, ini cukup mencabar keterbatasan diri apabila memilih menyertai perkhidmatan e-hailing, Grab kira-kira enam bulan.

Peserta orang kelainan upaya (OKU) pendengaran, Muhammad Hawari Hashim, 29, dinobatkan sebagai pemenang tempat pertama peraduan Jom Selawat yang diadakan sempena kempen #JomCintaNabi. Kemenangan itu membolehkannya membawa pulang hadiah pakej percutian dan penginapan lima hari empat malam di Rasvehi Hotel & Spa Maldives bernilai RM8,000 serta rawatan urutan yang keseluruhan bernilai RM19,500.

Walaupun fizikalnya berlainan daripada rakan seusianya, malah terpaksa bergerak menggunakan kerusi roda, ia tidak menghalang pelajar ini memperoleh keputusan cemerlang dalam Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) yang diumumkan hari ini. Pelajar Sekolah Menengah Sri Andalas Klang, Mohd Izza Husaini Jamaludin, 18, adalah orang kelainan upaya (OKU) sejak kecil kerana masalah otot di tulang belakang atau ‘spinal muscular atrophy’ (SMA).

For Andrew Gurza, sex is serious business ― his business. Through his work as a disability awareness consultant, he advocates for disabled people and attempts to destroy stigma about disability, including as it pertains to sexuality.

Disabled people are a hugely underutilized workforce in the US. More than one in five people in the United States have a disability, but only one-third of working-age disabled people are employed. Employers are losing out on qualified (or even overqualified) candidates and disabled people are losing paychecks due to the stigma and perceptions of what it means to be disabled.

A company called Aurrigo is launching a beta test for driverless pods in collaboration with Blind Veterans UK to transport residents with visual impairments around their rehabilitation campus.

The story of disability inclusion is incomplete. The existing narrative about disability and business has been focused on the need for hiring, retention and career development. While these tactics are incredibly important, and in fact vital for the growth and evolution for full inclusion of persons with disabilities in the workforce, it is now time for C-level executives and management to take more of an active role and cultivate a new narrative to both augment and redefine disability in the larger context of business strategy.