This Hari Raya, little Nur Balqis Farisya Abdullah can look forward to a brighter future with her new prosthetic limb.

Pada saat rata-rata umat Islam teruja menjelang sambutan Aidilfitri, bekas atlet paralimpik negara, Azman Mohamed Salleh, 47, sebaliknya runsing memikirkan nasib beliau enam sekeluarga bakal kehilangan tempat berteduh.

Dua kali anak dikandung keguguran adalah antara dugaan terpaksa diharungi seorang wanita dalam menguruskan empat abang dan dua kakak orang kurang upaya (OKU) yang mengalami masalah mental.

Much has been said about building inclusivity into technology, processes and all aspects of life. But what you might not realise is that helping people with disabilities drove development of some of our most impressive technology, now mainstream and widely used. As Esther McVey, the then-secretary of state for work and pensions, argued at Microsoft Future Decoded 2018: “When technology is designed to be assistive, it can become technology for everyone.”

Smiles were written all over the faces of 145 special needs individuals when they received angpows at the Cerebral Palsy (Spastic) Children’s Association of Penang.

“Priority is given to civil servants, the disabled, single parents and those who have been evicted due to development projects,” said State Housing, Local Government, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo after inspecting the new roof of the Penang Island City Council’s public housing scheme in Batu Lanchang on Wednesday.

Jeanett Dian Amonsen was a high-flying TV journalist with a state broadcaster when a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis at 40 derailed her career. Lars Holstein was about to turn 30 and studying law when a car accident left him in a wheelchair.

Every day is a Mother’s Day for 65-year-old Lim Lay Hoon and her son Choong Boon Keat, 38. The mother only gets to see her son for about 45 minutes each morning before he is sent to a recycling centre in Bayan Lepas, Penang, to collect recyclable materials from residential areas.