EUGENE Cheong and his wife Jo-Anne de Vries were unable to find a school to enrol their son just two months before the start of the new schoolyear.

I admit that I am a stickler when it comes to terms used to refer to people like me. Am I a person with disabilities, OKU or disabled person? They may seem the same at the first glance but there are very distinct differences when we delve deeper into their meanings.

Bangsa Ria disabled centre is a sanctuary for the mentally and physically disabled, say residents.

DESPITE playing with a shin injury, national 5-A-Side blind football team captain Muhamad Mazwan Muhamad Shakri braved through the pain to lead the team into the final of the ASEAN Paragames 2014 5-A-Side Football (B1) in Naypyidaw, Myanmar, last month.

KUALA LUMPUR: Getting into a car, starting the engine and driving off is a simple everyday task for many, but for Siti Zuraidah Muhammad Husain, who was born paralysed from the waist down – it is a triumph.

Born with a spinal defect, Dr Noraishah Mydin Abdul Aziz has proven that her handicap has not in any way stopped her from living life to the fullest.

PETALING JAYA: In 1999, a young boy named Albert Wong captured the nation’s attention through the pages of this newspaper.

A recent workshop to empower women living with disabilities turned out to be an eye-opener for many.

The China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe took Penang by storm in its first performance in Malaysia. The troupe, whose members comprise people with various disabilities, captured the hearts of the audience at the Penang Chinese Town Hall (PCTH) where they staged a charity variety show on Sunday.

In Malaysia, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has been cooperating for six years with local authorities to help address this problem and since 2005 the agency and the Malaysian Welfare Department began a project to train so-called job coaches who support job seekers with disabilities.