Accessibility

Ramai majikan daripada sektor swasta mahupun kerajaan di negeri Johor sudah semakin cenderung mengambil pekerja dalam kalangan orang kurang upaya (OKU) berikutan golongan itu lebih komited dalam melaksanakan tugas mereka.

Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat Johor Asiah Md Ariff berkata perwatakan golongan itu yang lebih menghargai peluang pekerjaan yang diberikan majikan berbanding orang normal juga menjadi antara sebab mengapa mereka semakin diingini dalam pasaran pekerjaan.

Self-driving cars could revolutionize how disabled people get around their communities and even travel far from home. People who can’t see well or with physical or mental difficulties that prevent them from driving safely often rely on others – or local government or nonprofit agencies – to help them get around.

Six in ten people surveyed do not have enough information about children with disabilities, UNICEF said in a study released today at Petrosains. This is the first nationwide research to shed light on the perceptions, attitudes and practices towards childhood disability in Malaysia.

Experts from various government organisations on Wednesday discussed ways to achieve Dubai’s vision of transforming the city into disabled-friendly by 2020. A panel discussion titled #Together Limitless focused on how Dubai’s infrastructure and tourism are being prepared to welcome everyone, including people with disabilities.

Enable Travel is a startup in the travel space but with a unique business model; it is dedicated to helping the differently abled enjoy vacations as normal people do. Debolin Sen is the promoter of Enable Travel and the company is backed by Cox & Kings and the startup fashions itself as “India’s first accessible holiday specialist”.

Including persons with disabilities in the workforce does not lead to lower productivity. Instead, it can help staff learn compassion.

I would like to touch again on legislation affecting persons with disabilities. I am making appeal to the Federal Government to seriously consider amending Article 8(2) (on Equality and equality before the law) of the Federal Constitution…

Kerajaan perlu mempertimbang untuk meminda Perkara 8(2) Perlembagaan Persekutuan (mengenai kesaksamaan dan kesamarataan di sisi undang-undang) untuk menyebut secara khusus mengenai orang kurang upaya dan larangan diskriminasi ke atas mereka.

Presiden Rumah Amal Cheshire Sarawak, Datuk Seri Ang Lai Soon berkata sudah tiba masanya Parlimen membuat peruntukan dengan segera bagi menguatkuasakan hak orang kurang upaya untuk mendapat pekerjaan, pendidikan dan akses kepada bangunan dan kemudahan awam.

President of Sarawak Cheshire Home, Datuk Seri Ang Lai Soon said it was time for Parliament to make expressed provisions to enforce the rights of the disabled to employment, education, and access to buildings and public facilities.

There are a number of misconceptions about people with disabilities (PWDs) and their desire for travel, and even their wherewithal to do so. Their value as a target market group is vastly underappreciated, despite the fact that people with disabilities – there are over 60 million individuals – are the largest minority group in the US alone.