Living With Disability

At first glance, the children playing futsal looked like any youngster bursting with energy on the court. Who would have thought that some of them were children with intellectual disability (ID) participating in a sport with nary a difference.

Persidangan Antarabangsa Pendidikan Khas Ke-3 (ICSE) 2019 yang akan berlangsung di Surabaya, Indonesia, esok sehingga Isnin akan memberi fokus kepada peluang pekerjaan untuk orang kurang upaya (OKU).

When 85-year-old Gerry Fairbanks sits down in front of a blank canvas, she says her paintbrush might just as well be a magic wand. “Painting is magic to me,” she said during an oil-painting class at Cypress Court retirement community in Escondido, California. “To start off with a blank page and all of a sudden you have something? That’s magical.”

There have been times when passengers of Siti Fatimah Badrun get a shock when they enter her car. Siti Fatimah, 37, who was born with congenital disability of her legs, is wheelchair-bound.

Voluntary worker Dr Aizan Sofia Amin is a firm believer in the saying “that which does not kill us makes us stronger”. Aizan Sofia, who lost her right leg to bone cancer at 16, refuses to let her physical disability stop her from dedicating her time, resources and energy to volunteer for humanitarian activities.

Rubee Ahmad and Sharin Abdul Rahman are always preoccupied with their two sons, as all parents are. But their burden is much heavier than most as their worries have to do with keeping their sons alive, literally. Their sons, Ahmad Adam and Muhammad Arman, have Hunter Syndrome or Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) Type 2, a rare genetic disorder affecting one in about 150,000 children in Malaysia.

Rustling crisp packets, shuffling feet and the general buzz of conversation made lectures a trial for Gemma Long during her first degree. She suffers from sensory overload connected to her autism, which was only diagnosed after she graduated. But when she started a teacher-training course at the University of Huddersfield, she received access to software to help her cope with dyslexia and found it transformative.

Maxis Bhd menawarkan rebat bulanan RM10 seumur hidup khas kepada orang kurang upaya (OKU). Pelanggan OKU boleh mendapat rebat itu apabila mereka mendaftar untuk pelan Hotlink Postpaid Flex yang menawarkan panggilan tanpa had dan SMS.

Kementerian Pengangkutan menegaskan keputusan melaksanakan peraturan ke atas pemandu dan kenderaan e-hailing bukan untuk menyusahkan mereka, tetapi menyelaraskan industri itu supaya menjadi perniagaan yang diiktiraf.

Cadangan untuk meningkatkan kemudahan Orang Kurang Upaya (OKU) di daerah ini sudah diusulkan untuk pertimbangan Majlis Daerah Penampang (MDP). Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri (ADUN) Moyog, Jenifer Lasimbang, ketika dihubungi berkata beliau sudah mengemukakan cadangan itu untuk dibincangkan dalam mesyuarat akan datang.