The Government plans to audit all idle Community Based Rehabilitation Centres (PDKs) in the country. Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Hannah Yeoh said she received reports a few months ago about many such centres in the country not functioning properly.

Watching video of Greta Thunberg addressing the House of Parliament in London on April 24, it’s hard not to think of Cassandra, the brash young warrior of Greek myth who beseeched Apollo for the gift of prophecy. The petulant god granted her wish, but then punished the girl by decreeing that her predictions would be ignored “as idle wind in the hearers’ ears.”

No man left behind. Primarily used in the military, this phrase originated in the field of war and combat but is now used in various circumstances in daily life – including education.
This motto is what SK Bukit Beruntung 2, Rawang, and Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) stick to in their effort to boost education for special needs children.

Malaysian women, especially those who are disabled, must be given equal job opportunities. The ‘Tokoh Pekerja Negara’ recipient for the disabled category, Dr Azian Sofia Amin, said disabled women like herself faced difficult challenges to be recognised as a person who could contribute to the economy and society.

A one-legged secondary Chinese student has won the hearts of his classmates and the nation after “running” 1,000m as part of his school entrance examinations. And he ran around his school track in a competitive time too.

Kegembiraan seorang graduan Orang Kurang Upaya (OKU) menghitung hari menunggu kelahiran cahaya mata sulung minggu depan, berganda apabila dianugerahkan Ijazah Doktor Falsafah pada Majlis Konvokesyen Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) ke-62 hari ini.

Inclusive ClassVR is a great tool for engaging students through the power of virtual and augmented reality. We have seen these devices being used successfully with hundreds of students, and one group in particular who we repeatedly see great results with has been students with ASD.

A study suggests that it may be possible to create synthetic speech based on recordings of brain activity in people with irreversible speech loss due to neurological ills, such as multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s, or stroke.