Rancangan Yayasan Kebajikan Atlet Kebangsaan (YAKEB) mengumpul dana bagi membantu bekas atlet dengan menjual kepingan emas seberat 0.5 gram bakal direalisasikan dalam masa terdekat.

There have been times when passengers of Siti Fatimah Badrun get a shock when they enter her car. Siti Fatimah, 37, who was born with congenital disability of her legs, is wheelchair-bound.

Voluntary worker Dr Aizan Sofia Amin is a firm believer in the saying “that which does not kill us makes us stronger”. Aizan Sofia, who lost her right leg to bone cancer at 16, refuses to let her physical disability stop her from dedicating her time, resources and energy to volunteer for humanitarian activities.

Rubee Ahmad and Sharin Abdul Rahman are always preoccupied with their two sons, as all parents are. But their burden is much heavier than most as their worries have to do with keeping their sons alive, literally. Their sons, Ahmad Adam and Muhammad Arman, have Hunter Syndrome or Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) Type 2, a rare genetic disorder affecting one in about 150,000 children in Malaysia.

Rustling crisp packets, shuffling feet and the general buzz of conversation made lectures a trial for Gemma Long during her first degree. She suffers from sensory overload connected to her autism, which was only diagnosed after she graduated. But when she started a teacher-training course at the University of Huddersfield, she received access to software to help her cope with dyslexia and found it transformative.

Maxis Bhd menawarkan rebat bulanan RM10 seumur hidup khas kepada orang kurang upaya (OKU). Pelanggan OKU boleh mendapat rebat itu apabila mereka mendaftar untuk pelan Hotlink Postpaid Flex yang menawarkan panggilan tanpa had dan SMS.

Kementerian Pengangkutan menegaskan keputusan melaksanakan peraturan ke atas pemandu dan kenderaan e-hailing bukan untuk menyusahkan mereka, tetapi menyelaraskan industri itu supaya menjadi perniagaan yang diiktiraf.

Cadangan untuk meningkatkan kemudahan Orang Kurang Upaya (OKU) di daerah ini sudah diusulkan untuk pertimbangan Majlis Daerah Penampang (MDP). Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Moyog, Jenifer Lasimbang, ketika dihubungi berkata beliau sudah mengemukakan cadangan itu untuk dibincangkan dalam mesyuarat akan datang.

Sejak sekian lama remaja kurang upaya, Anis Humairah Riduwan, hanya membesar di Kuala Kangsar, Perak dan berulang alik ke Sungai Petani, Kedah kerana bersekolah Pendidikan Khas di sana. Anis Humairah, 18, tidak pernah terfikir suatu hari nanti beliau bakal keluar meninggalkan negara ini untuk ke Moscow, Russia, iaitu tempat yang begitu asing baginya.

Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Hannah Yeoh said the Persons with Disabilities (OKU) community can look forward to better facilities and services in the future. The Segambut MP said what the OKU community really wants is to integrate themselves into society and live their lives like everyone else.