Dua pusat Independent Living Centre (ILC) akan ditubuhkan pada tahun ini sebagai inisiatif terbaru kerajaan dalam memperkasa golongan orang kurang upaya (OKU) di negara ini, kata Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat (KPWKM).

Optometrist and founder of Nolke Opticians, Kjell Nolke, and international business development and sales manager at OrCam, Leon Paull, discuss providing technology as a solution to patients.

A new home in Brighton East, Victoria, is offering people with an intellectual disability an improved level of accommodation and support courtesy of assistive technology.
Built by disability care provider St John of God Accord, the house features assistive technology developed by Quantify Technology and other partners, to give those with an intellectual disability an improved quality of life.

Seramai 15 orang kurang upaya (OKU) pelbagai kategori terpilih akan bertarung meraih pingat emas dalam Pertandingan Antarabangsa Abilimpian ke-10 bagi menonjolkan kemahiran dalam bidang vokasional, di Moscow, Russia tahun depan.

“Teaching yoga, hosting yoga brunch events and doing a full-time finance contract is pretty tiring,” says Jemma Ralston, “but it is so exciting because I am in control. All these things I am choosing to do. Yoga is my passion.” Ralston has a condition called Hermansky-Pudlak syndrome (HPS) that leads to problems with blood clotting, causing easy bruising and prolonged bleeding. It also involves nystagmus – uncontrolled eye movements, leading to reduced vision and depth perception.

Assistive technology is transforming the lives of people with disabilities. But what’s perhaps more remarkable is the fact that you probably haven’t noticed. The unobtrusive nature of the technology demonstrates the sharp evolutionary curve seen in assistive tech.

Mutakhir ini istilah B40 atau kumpulan isi rumah berpendapatan 40 peratus terendah semakin berkumandang, lebih-lebih lagi apabila kerap disebut Menteri Pendidikan. Keprihatinan Menteri Pendidikan terhadap pelajar dalam kalangan B40 – sekolah, institusi pengajian tinggi (IPT) dan senasib dengannya – perlu disambut serius terutama warga pendidik.

The Malaysian “tidak apa” (it doesn’t matter) attitude must change for us to truly become a caring society. Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Hannah Yeoh said this was particularly true when looking out for the safety and security of children and the marginalised and vulnerable sectors of society like old folks and the disabled.