Accessibility

A training centre for blind people in Taman Cahaya at Pekan Muhibah here also houses the first village in Malaysia for blind people.

Job placement for people with disabilities unit (UPPOKU) has been helping the disabled community to land jobs since 2011.

Many instructors in the field of special needs education have likely heard of virtual reality (VR) and its uses for learners with physical or mental disabilities. But how should it be used? When? And for which groups of learners?

Inclusive Technology, the market leading supplier of assistive technology for special education has partnered with Avantis Education to bring together the first virtual reality solution for special schools around the world.

It’s somewhat surprising that it’s taken this long for one of the major players to seriously address the issue of accessibility, but with the adaptive controller, Xbox believes it has finally come up with a solution that will put disabled gamers on a level playing field with everybody else.

Do you remember being carried in your father’s arms? No? I do. That’s because my dad was still lifting me when I was in college. See, I can’t walk. Never could, never will. I was born with a genetic neuromuscular weakness called spinal muscular atrophy.

If you have ever wished that your workplace were more sensitive to your specific needs, these tips may be useful:

Aspiring artists aged 18 and above with special needs can now enrol in a programme launched by arts school Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) and charity Very Special Arts Singapore (VSA) yesterday.

The Health Ministry should approve a drug named Spinraza that can help people with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA), said WeCare Journey co-founder Yap Sook Yee.

THE Seberang Prai Municipal Counsil (MPSP) will release a guidebook on universal design to create an urban environment that caters to everyone’s need, including the disabled community.