The Spinal Muscular Atrophy Malaysia (SMAM) organised its first educational visit to Aquaria KLCC in Kuala Lumpur. A group of 28 people, consisting of SMAM members, their families and volunteers from Perdana University, spent the day exploring marine life at the oceanarium.

A tennis coach has expressed disappointment with sports authorities after facing much difficulty in getting sponsorship for his disabled players to compete at a recent tournament abroad.

Melihat kepada potensi golongan OKU dalam sukan catur, jurulatih pasukan catur kebangsaan untuk Sukan Para ASEAN, Prof. Madya Dr. Nasrul Humaimi Mahmood menganjurkan Pertandingan Catur Antarabangsa OKU Zon Selatan buat kali pertama dengan kerjasama Lions Clubs International dan Persatuan Catur OKU Malaysia di Muar, Johor baru-baru ini.

I used to ask myself if a severely disabled person like me can work in an office environment. Can I manage and survive outside the comfort and safety of my house without a fulltime assistant? So many things can happen, some expected, many unanticipated.

Some 200 disabled participants spent almost the entire day yesterday having fun at the National Paintball Competition, which is part of Jelajah OKU Sentral at Regency Tanjung Tuan Beach Resort in Port Dickson.

Big cities like London usually aren’t known for being easily accessible to people using wheelchairs, but a new feature from Google Maps is a step toward making it easier.

Participants of “Kayuhan Basikal Jelajah Malaysia”, a cycling tour by the disabled, are set to make it into the Malaysia Book of Records (MBR) by finishing a 1,505-kilometre tandem bicycle ride which is the farthest distance for special needs cyclists.

Despite his disability, visually impaired Kenzon Yeoh emerged top scorer from among 114 candidates at SMK Georgetown in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination.

I REFER to the letter “Lower salary for worker with disability” (The Star, March 13). The writer is indeed right in requesting that he/she should be paid the same salary as the employee who does the same kind of work but is not suffering from a disability. Once an employer has made the decision to employ a candidate for a vacancy that exists in the company, the new employee is entitled to the full salary allotted for the position.

The festive season continues to chug along and everyone gets to share the joy, including the Society of the Disabled Persons, Penang (SDPP). The group held their own Chinese New Year dinner for about 200 people.