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Living with a Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) requires one to adjust and adapt to a new way of living. One that comes with little to no mobility. It will be difficult and challenging at first, but with a supportive environment, it will only be a matter of time before you adapt well to it. What...
September 28, 2020
What does it mean to be deaf (or Deaf)? In general, people associate the word ‘deaf’ with hearing loss or hearing disability. But there are also people who identify as Deaf, with a capital D, as a cultural identity and not just a medical one. Deaf people come from a common culture and usually share...
September 22, 2020
Music is said to be a universal language. But for Chase Burton, a deaf filmmaker from Texas, music has always been a profoundly different experience.
September 8, 2020
Over the years, actress Marilee Talkington, who is legally blind, has repeatedly auditioned for television shows featuring a character who is also blind. Several times, however, the same thing happened: The part went to an actress who was not blind.
September 6, 2020
We’ve all heard stories of entrepreneurs overcoming the odds to be successful. But funds and status may not be the only obstacles in their way. Meet these local handicapped entrepreneurs who didn’t allow their disabilities to stop them from achieving success. Lee Thiam Wah, founder of the 99 Speedmart chain You’ve probably visited a 99...
August 30, 2020
From afar, Rollen Marakim and Asri Arshad look like two ordinary footballers having a kickabout on the field. Get closer, however, and you’ll find out that they are hardly ordinary, but rather, quite extraordinary.
August 20, 2020
Many Malaysian companies are starting to understand disability better. Some have even started championing for inclusivity through company initiatives. Others have started implementing changes in their hiring process that empowers individuals born with disabilities. Malaysian companies that are employing people with disabilities Keep an eye on these local companies that are actively hiring persons with...
August 15, 2020
As part of her Master’s thesis in integrated design, Dorothee Clasen has created an intra-oral wearable that allows a tongue-based interaction between human and machine.
July 29, 2020
Shepherd Center’s Assistive Technology Center launches quick and simple guides to explain how users can modify their masks in 30 minutes or less.
July 27, 2020
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis or JRA is also called juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). JRA is described as joint inflammation and stiffness for more than six weeks in a child aged 16 or below. Symptoms can include fever redness swelling warmth soreness (sometimes) There is a rare form of the disease called systemic-onset JRA or Still's disease....
July 20, 2020
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