Accessibility

The Society for the Blind Malaysia (Sarawak branch) has written an official memo to the Malaysian Human Rights Commission (Suhakam) pleading for its help. The society is seeking Suhakam’s urgent assistance to overcome the dilemma of the absence of disabled-friendly facilities in the land and river transportation sectors throughout the state.

Good Vibes enables deafblind to have two-way communication with their caregivers, family and friends while Relúmĭno is a visual aid application for people with low vision.

All public higher education institutions (IPTAs) must become completely disabled-friendly within the next decade, says Dr Maszlee Malik.

The Education Minister said this was part of the guidelines for the OKU (Disabled) Inclusion in Higher Education Institutions Policy that was implemented in January.

The Social Security Organisation (Socso) has played a pivotal role in getting workers with disabilities employed, sometimes in the same job. From January 2007 to July 31 this year, 25, 891 workers with disabilities went through Socso’s Return to Work (RTW) programme and reported for duty.

Makeup artist Noney Gondolos, 50, inspires others with her grit and hard work. Despite being born with muscle dystrophy and brittle bones, the single mother-of-two from Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, does not have a pessimistic view of life.

The inaugural Art Includes Festival 2019 in Kuala Lumpur is on a mission to showcase disability arts and culture. The festival, which runs at the Ruang by Think City venue on Sept 23-29, underlines the need for diversity when it comes to the social, cultural and professional development of people with disabilities.

From 8am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, Shabuddin’s light blue Proton Preve serves as a “charity taxi”.

A chance meeting at a para sports event in 2015 between two paraplegics from Johor Baru proved that maybe, nothing really happens by chance.

Usana Malaysia is reaching out to underprivileged communities in Johor through its latest corporate social responsibility programme, Rise Against Hunger Malaysia (RAHM), involving several hundreds of its distributors all over Malaysia. Usana regional general manager of Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan Vivienne Lee said the community service that the company had undertaken reflected the core philosophy practiced by the company.