Living With Disability

These are some companies that hire people with disabilities, enabling them to contribute productively and be independent.

Wan Alya Wan Hanizan loves her job as a teacher’s aide in a preschool for special needs children. Her responsibilities include helping teachers manage the classroom, and carrying out the lesson plans. She is always happy to engage in imaginative play, with the 16 toddlers in her class.

An elderly mother of five who lost her leg in an accident received some much needed help to start her own home business, reported Malaysia Nanban.

Eye On The Ball, an inspiring docu-film about the Malaysian national blind football team, drew glowing reviews from the audience at its gala premiere, including from a few famous names.

Elderly folk who have retired and do not involve themselves in social activities can experience loneliness and depression. With this in mind and to provide a better quality of life through community activities for senior citizens, a new Pusat Aktiviti Warga Emas (PAWE) branch has opened in Taman Medan, Petaling Jaya.

Whirling, spinning, reaching, grasping – Japanese wheelchair dancer Kenta Kambara’s emotive performances are wordless testimony to artistic passion and possibility.

The Terengganu government will start free equine therapy programmes for people with disabilities at the Terengganu Equestrian Resort (TER) near Kuala Terengganu next month.

A local man who used to earn a sizeable income overseas until he lost his vision has been given a new lease of life making and selling rattan baskets. From the depths of despair, he found a way to once again make a living thanks to the Johor Area Rehabilitation Organisation (JARO).

There is a handyman in Penampang whose many entrepreneurship skills include making household items using polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipes and other materials.