Under Bantuan Sihat Selangor, the state government has schemes offering up to RM5,000 for each patient in the B40 category (bottom 40% or low-income).The state has allocated RM5mil for this scheme and patients can apply for funds for kidney dialysis, prosthetic legs, minor surgery, cancer treatment, eye cataract operation, physiotherapy treatment and other hospital-recommended needs.

Kekurangan diri sebagai orang kurang upaya (OKU) yang cacat pendengaran sejak lahir tidak menghalang, Nur Farah Azyra Johan, 37, mencari rezeki halal memilih bidang yang kebanyakan masa perlu berkomunikasi dengan ramai orang. Kecekalan wanita berstatus ibu tunggal kepada dua cahaya mata yang masing-masing berusia lapan dan 12 tahun, ini cukup mencabar keterbatasan diri apabila memilih menyertai perkhidmatan e-hailing, Grab kira-kira enam bulan.

Peserta orang kelainan upaya (OKU) pendengaran, Muhammad Hawari Hashim, 29, dinobatkan sebagai pemenang tempat pertama peraduan Jom Selawat yang diadakan sempena kempen #JomCintaNabi. Kemenangan itu membolehkannya membawa pulang hadiah pakej percutian dan penginapan lima hari empat malam di Rasvehi Hotel & Spa Maldives bernilai RM8,000 serta rawatan urutan yang keseluruhan bernilai RM19,500.

Walaupun fizikalnya berlainan daripada rakan seusianya, malah terpaksa bergerak menggunakan kerusi roda, ia tidak menghalang pelajar ini memperoleh keputusan cemerlang dalam Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) yang diumumkan hari ini. Pelajar Sekolah Menengah Sri Andalas Klang, Mohd Izza Husaini Jamaludin, 18, adalah orang kelainan upaya (OKU) sejak kecil kerana masalah otot di tulang belakang atau ‘spinal muscular atrophy’ (SMA).

For Andrew Gurza, sex is serious business ― his business. Through his work as a disability awareness consultant, he advocates for disabled people and attempts to destroy stigma about disability, including as it pertains to sexuality.

Disabled people are a hugely underutilized workforce in the US. More than one in five people in the United States have a disability, but only one-third of working-age disabled people are employed. Employers are losing out on qualified (or even overqualified) candidates and disabled people are losing paychecks due to the stigma and perceptions of what it means to be disabled.

A company called Aurrigo is launching a beta test for driverless pods in collaboration with Blind Veterans UK to transport residents with visual impairments around their rehabilitation campus.

The story of disability inclusion is incomplete. The existing narrative about disability and business has been focused on the need for hiring, retention and career development. While these tactics are incredibly important, and in fact vital for the growth and evolution for full inclusion of persons with disabilities in the workforce, it is now time for C-level executives and management to take more of an active role and cultivate a new narrative to both augment and redefine disability in the larger context of business strategy.

An administrative clerk was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here Sunday (March 10) with hurting on her disabled step-daughter. The accused, Zaileen Zainal 61, pleaded not guilty to the charge before magistrate Rashidah Baharom.

Never let a medical condition stop you from living life to the fullest. This is the message Sofia Lovi Ramasamy, Nik Norziehana Che Isa, and Nor Athira Sujino want to send out as finalists for Miss Amazing Malaysia 2019, a beauty pageant for physically challenged women.