A roundup of the Malaysian contingent’s performance in the 9th Asean Para Games which showcased 16 sports including para cycling. Malaysia came in second with 90 gold medals for a total final tally of 258 medals.

Being evacuated from their home due to flood disaster is hassle to just anyone but it is even more challenging for disabled persons like Siti Aishah Mat, 76, who is paralysed from waist down. However, the wheel-chair bound elderly who is left alone after her husband passed away few year back, is grateful that she is being well taken care by government agencies staff at the SK Bintong flood relief centre.

There are a number of misconceptions about people with disabilities (PWDs) and their desire for travel, and even their wherewithal to do so. Their value as a target market group is vastly underappreciated, despite the fact that people with disabilities – there are over 60 million individuals – are the largest minority group in the US alone.

People with disabilities are calling for equality and greater independence. Around 300 members of the community will meet today to plan how they can participate more in their own futures.

On Monday, September 25, the Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing on the Graham-Cassidy bill. Passage of this bill would be a devastating blow to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities and their families who have worked so hard this year to prevent block grants and per capita caps from destroying the Medicaid program.

A disabled man who struggles to get up the stairs has been crowned the World’s Strongest Disabled Man because of his incredible ability to pull a van with his bare hands.

TOM:Alberta, a subsidiary of Kadima Dynamics, just concluded their third annual makeathon event. Local engineers and designers worked with people living with disabilities to create open-source solutions for everyday challenges.

THE National Deaf-Blind Equipment Distribution Program’s ICanConnect is providing free technology to people with hearing and vision loss so they can reconnect to the world.

The range of aids and technology now available to help students with a disability learn and boost their self-esteem has flourished, and is making a difference in schools in New Zealand.

Paralympian Siti Noor Iasah Mohamed Ariffin is a 400m runner. As such, there was no high expectations on her when she decided to compete in the women’s 800m T20 (learning disability) event at the Kuala Lumpur Asean Para Games. But yesterday, the 28-year-old mother of a five-year-old girl sprang a huge surprise when she won the gold in 2:34.12 at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil.