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When he was a toddler, Adam’s parents noticed that he was always restless, fidgety and losing interest in people or situations around him within seconds. But they thought it was typical behaviour for a young boy and were confident he would outgrow it once he was in school.

“My children are not broken,” Amy Wright insists.

Most parents don’t have to declare their children’s fundamental value, but after two of 2017 CNN Hero of the Year Amy Wright’s kids were born with Down syndrome, it was clear that she would have to back them up every step of the way.

The PwD Seminar, hosted by the Gauteng Provincial Legislature and held at the Birchwood Hotel and Conference Centre on 7 December, succeeded in consolidating interests around and adding fresh impetus to the quest for seeking quantitative and qualitative solutions for people living with disabilities.

CYCLE & Carriage Bintang Bhd in Batu Caves may have the best spray paint specialists in the country who just happen to be deaf-mute.

Both Ahmad Hamzah, 57, and Ravi Chandran Balakrishnan, 52, have served the company for 38 and 34 years respectively.

Mohd Firdaus Abdul Latif was pursuing a course to repair air-conditioners in 2004 when he was seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident. He was riding home to Tanjung Malim after classes when he was hit by a vehicle near Templer’s Park in Selayang. In 2015, he enrolled in Maybank Foundation’s Reach Independence and Sustainable Entrepreneurship Programme (RISE) and learnt the many aspects of doing business.

IT WAS a two-in-one high tea event in celebration of 100 years of inspiration of Group Captain Leonard Cheshire and the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities, which fell on Dec 3.

Special guest at the event organised by Rumah Amal Cheshire Selangor (RACS) was royal patron Raja Muda Selangor Tengku Amir Shah Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah.

The presence of two sign language teachers at the Puteri Umno meeting here today, stole the attention of delegates from the wing.

Wan Rofariza Wan Deraman dan Hafidah Awaludin from the National Society for The Deaf Malaysia took turns to accomplish their task throughout the day long proceedings.

Persons with disabilities (PWD) in Malaysia continue to be marginalised, the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) said today.

The watchdog said that discrimination and inequality faced by the disabled are taking place despite Malaysia’s enactment of the Persons with Disabilities Act 2008 (Act 685) and the ratification of the Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2010.