CLAD in neon green T-shirts, more than 2,000 people gathered at the 24th Annual Charity Walk/Jog/Wheel-A-Thon to promote awareness of disabilities. It was organised by The Spastic Children’s Association of Selangor and Federal Territory (SCAS & FT) Malaysia with the support of about 30 welfare-based non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

Selfless social worker Datuk Mohd Safari Manan was a man well known for his big heart and love for disabled and underprivileged children.

Mohd Safari, who passed away on Wednesday after a brief illness and was buried in the Muslim cemetery in Kampung Likas near Kota Kinabalu, had been helping children with special needs since the early 1980s.

Having been paralysed from the waist down since he was six months old made Richard Rieser empathetic to the concerns of the disabled community. Rieser, 69, is a former teacher who has been campaigning for inclusive education for disabled children for decades. The managing director of World of Inclusion Ltd is now an international equality trainer and consultant as well as a filmmaker and writer, and one of the speakers at the Special Education Network in Malaysia fourth annual conference held in Sibu.

In the late 80s, technocrat G Vijayaraghavan had an occasion to travel with the then Kerala chief minister E K Nayanar and his cabinet colleagues Gowriamma and Baby John. The idea of Technopark emerged out of their interaction and Vijayaraghavan went on to set up and run the premier institution.

Shane Burcaw has heard them all. “What’s wrong with you?” “Why is your head so much bigger than the rest of your body?” “Do people ever make fun of you?”

Unless we’re directly involved, we see autism from a distance. We see it without clarity, distinction, or form. As a team, we knew that going into the production Falling, we would be entering an entirely new world. We did as much research as we could. We spoke with many parents, siblings, and coaches of individuals with autism.

Mohd Yahya Hairdrus may be wheelchair-bound but this has not stopped him from reaching out to others with physical disabilities. To prove that nothing is impossible, the 40-year-old has set up a centre for disabled children in Taman Johor Jaya.

ALL new developments in Petaling Jaya will be required to seek building design approval from the council’s Universal Design Unit (UDU) before applications are accepted for planning approval.

Undoubtedly, her inborn condition has been preparing Amanda Patamakanthin, now 21-year-old alum of The One Academy of Communication Design, for reality as we all know it: gritty and complex.

I am a wheelchair-user who lived abroad for many years. When I first thought about coming back to Singapore to work in 2012, I was most worried about how my future as an architect would be affected by accessibility.