Ketinggian 80 sentimeter dan berat hanya 12 kilogram (kg) sudah cukup menggambarkan keunikan fizikal seorang murid tahun satu Sekolah Kebangsaan Tasik, Bukit Payong di sini berbanding rakan seusianya.

Malu dan tidak dapat menerima hakikat bahawa anak adalah orang kurang upaya (OKU) menjadi antara punca utama kebanyakan ibu bapa enggan mendaftarkan mereka sebagai murid berkeperluan khas (MBK) di sekolah kerajaan. Timbalan Menteri Pendidikan, Teo Nie Ching, berkata justeru kesedaran ibu bapa di negara ini masih rendah untuk menghantar anak terbabit ke Sekolah Pendidikan Khas atau Program Pendidikan Khas Integrasi (PPKI) dan Program Pendidikan Inklusif di sekolah kerajaan.

Kerajaan akan menyiasat isu 45 penghuni bengkel Persatuan Pemulihan Orang Cacat yang memerlukan bantuan berkaitan, kata Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

In 2005, Michael Quek’s world fell apart. The self-employed electrician and air-con installer suffered a stroke, which left him wheelchair-dependent. While it may seem natural to admit defeat, Michael’s positive outlook enabled him to look beyond his disability.

With the aim of bringing smiles to disabled persons, the Gurney Paragon Mall management visited the Penang Handicapped Welfare Association (PHWA). During the recent visit, the management team brought along lunch together with some electrical items and basic necessities such as pillows, blankets, towels, a microwave oven, an air cooler, a meat mincer and a radio for the residents.

Plans are afoot to make the deaf and mute Indonesian boy, hailed a hero for helping save the lives of a group of Malaysians during the recent Lombok earthquake, an adopted child of Malaysia.

People with disabilities are being left behind, and steps must be taken to ensure their inclusion in the world of education and work. Approximately 15 percent of the world’s population, or an estimated one billion people, live with disabilities. But neglect, discrimination, and abuse are still all too common among disabled youth, leaving them deprived of rights including those to education, health, and employment.

Program Duta Kenali Ubat Anda (KUA) akan diperluaskan kepada golongan kurang upaya (OKU), bagi membolehkan maklumat tempat pengambilan ubat secara sistematik dilaksanakan secara menyeluruh. Timbalan Pengarah Cawangan Penggunaan Ubat Secara Berkualiti, Bahagian Amalan dan Perkembangan Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia (KKM), Munira Muhammad, bertujuan memastikan golongan itu dilengkapi pengetahuan dan pengurusan penggunaan ubat secara selamat.