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Laura Weiderholt (left) and Taylor Schumacher (right), both have postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), which is a form of dysautonomia that affects the proper functionality of the automatic nervous system. The two met as teaching assistants in their genetics lab. Weiderholt was instrumental in helping Schumacher become diagnosed with POTS last fall.

A few days after she was born, Sandra Tiong lost her sight and never had the opportunity to see the world. She is among 286 candidates of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Batu Lintang, taking the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination, which kicked off today.

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Physical disability will no longer be grounds to prevent a person from becoming a doctor, bringing the curtain down on a two-decade-long battle between specially-abled students and India’s medical studies regulator.

Sunday will be the sixth time in the last eight years that I’ve run the marathon in New York as a guide runner for runners with disabilities, always under the auspices of Achilles International. The mission of the organization is “to enable people with all types of disabilities to participate in mainstream running events in order to promote personal achievement.”

Matt Berry is 23, a talented drummer, singer and aspiring DJ who has just landed his first residency at a new club night. He also happens to have a learning disability – but at this particular club night, any differences are left at the door.

When I got a cochlear implant seven years ago, after being profoundly deaf for my entire life, hearing friends and acquaintances started asking me the same few questions: Had I heard music yet? Did I like it? What did it sound like?

The lovely smell of freshly baked goodies greets visitors to Bake With Dignity’s shop in Bandar Sunway. The brainchild of NGO Dignity and Services which focuses on persons with learning disability, Bake With Dignity aims to help create opportunities for such young adults to be self-sufficient.

Riding a bicycle from the city of Xishuangbanna in southwest China’s Yunnan province on the border with Laos, to Beijing 5,800km away, would be quite a challenge for most people. Even more so when doing it without the use of your legs.

Job Coaches will often prepare a pictorial album for Persons With Disability (PWD) as part of their work training programmes. They will also guide the disabled on which public transport to take and where to alight. These are among the tasks of a Job Coach programme which was launched in 2012 by the Social Welfare Department for PWD.