I have a speech disability — a stutter — and interactions with strangers have the potential to be, at the very least, extremely awkward; at worst, I have been mocked, insulted, misjudged or refused service. I avoid interacting with new people, fearful of their judgment. Using the ATM offered me more than just convenience.

Bondi Hipsters’ Nick Boshier stars as a man living ‘without specialty’ in a world where disability is the norm

Physical disability will no longer be grounds to prevent a person from becoming a doctor, bringing the curtain down on a two-decade-long battle between specially-abled students and India’s medical studies regulator.

Sunday will be the sixth time in the last eight years that I’ve run the marathon in New York as a guide runner for runners with disabilities, always under the auspices of Achilles International. The mission of the organization is “to enable people with all types of disabilities to participate in mainstream running events in order to promote personal achievement.”

Matt Berry is 23, a talented drummer, singer and aspiring DJ who has just landed his first residency at a new club night. He also happens to have a learning disability – but at this particular club night, any differences are left at the door.

When I got a cochlear implant seven years ago, after being profoundly deaf for my entire life, hearing friends and acquaintances started asking me the same few questions: Had I heard music yet? Did I like it? What did it sound like?

A total of RM5.53 million was disbursed to national athletes who won medals at the Kuala Lumpur Sea Games (KL2017) and Kuala Lumpur Asean Para Games (Para KL2017). They received the financial incentives under the National Sports Incentive Scheme (Shakam).

The lovely smell of freshly baked goodies greets visitors to Bake With Dignity’s shop in Bandar Sunway. The brainchild of NGO Dignity and Services which focuses on persons with learning disability, Bake With Dignity aims to help create opportunities for such young adults to be self-sufficient.

THE 2017 Kuala Lumpur Asean Para Games will always have a special place in swimmer Jamery Siga’s heart. It was here – at the KL Games – that he finally got the chance to win medals in front of his family.

Riding a bicycle from the city of Xishuangbanna in southwest China’s Yunnan province on the border with Laos, to Beijing 5,800km away, would be quite a challenge for most people. Even more so when doing it without the use of your legs.