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Sempena sambutan Hari Orang Kurang Upaya (OKU) Antarabangsa yang bakal disambut pada 3 Disember depan, peminat berpeluang menyaksikan filem aksi pertama OKU, Garang di seluruh pawagam tanah air pada 5 Disember ini.

Thirty young disabled adults gathered in Bangi for the Selangor OKU Youth Leadership and Transformation Camp organised by the Selangor Action Council for the Disabled (MTOS).

Sunway Putra Mall launched its first Autsome Resource Fair as a platform to offer job opportunities, training and educational programmes for individuals with intellectual disabilities.

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.