Living With Disability

The Marvel movie’s antagonist suffers from chronic pain. Instead of exploring a way for her to cope, the film simply conjures up a magic cure and ableist tropes about disability.

Every now and then there are cases of people who have gone missing, such as an elderly person suffering from memory loss or child with mental disability. Taman Gasing Indah RT, which works closely with the police on community and safety programmes, decided to bring in a collection of safety bracelets called SleekTag to address such situations.

I’m disabled too. But in a perverse sense I’m lucky, as I can hide my disability. I often wonder if I would struggle to manage my behaviour, too, if I received the same treatment as my colleague with a more visible disability.

Penulis muda, Khairul Adli Abdullah, 33, atau lebih dikenali sebagai Adly Al-Khair meninggal dunia akibat sesak nafas di Hospital Melaka semalam.

Setiap manusia dilahirkan mempunyai keinginan seksual seperti memiliki pasangan, berkahwin serta melakukan seks termasuk golongan orang kurang upaya (OKU), namun tidak semua perkembangan berkenaan boleh berlaku secara normal.

People who become permanently disabled from wild animal attacks can receive up to RM20,000 in compensation. Perak’s State Character Development, Women and Family Development and Social Welfare Committee chairman Wong May Ing said the financial aid was one of many governmental assistance schemes people were unaware of.

THE more than a decade-old state jobs fair in Penang took place with a more inclusive twist this year emphasising on careers for the disabled.

There is much ongoing study by games makers and researchers into why and how people play: for fun, for the challenge, to relax, to engage with friends, and so on. And yet one group of people are conspicuous by their absence in this research: people with disabilities.

Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat (JKM) Johor kesal tindakan sesetengah ibu bapa yang bersikap lepas ta­ngan meninggalkan anak kurang upaya (OKU) mereka di institusi perlindungan sebelum menghilangkan diri.

Raja Muda Perlis, Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail berkenan berangkat menyaksikan majlis penyerahan simbolik kunci Rumah Nur Kasih Perlis Jumaat lalu.