Living With Disability

Hong Leong Assurance (HLA) has launched HLA Premier Millions, a protection plan with a seamless process of recovery from advanced cancer. Under the Advanced Cancer Care Rider, policyholders are entitled to an annual limit of US$1mil (RM4mil) worth of overseas medical treatment for advanced cancer, with the ability for multiple claims within the same year.

I am the parent of a five-year-old boy with profound hearing loss on both ears. We found out about his condition when he was one year and eight months old, and we have frantically searched for ways to help him overcome his disability since then.

The Barisan Nasional (BN) government is always sensitive to human capital development including the needs of disabled people (OKU).

The Cerebral Palsy Foundation will host its third annual Design for Disability Fashion Show and Gala on May 9. The event showcases breakthrough innovations in fashion for people with disabilities, featuring student-designed looks that are both fashion-forward and accessible. Anna Sui is this year’s Design for Disability Design Mentor.

It’s a bit of a lifeline, a chance to share a conversation, an opportunity to feel part of something. However, living on the first floor of a housing block, I have a new incarcerator, whose reliability is often very poor – the lift.

Microsoft Malaysia, in collaboration with We Rock the Spectrum Gym, today organised an Hour of Code to commemorate the World Autism Awareness Day 2018. The event hosted children on the autism spectrum to introduce coding through its Hour of Code Minecraft tutorial.

Four-year-old Dharma sits silently, his body rocking and his thumb tucked securely in his mouth. The teacher counts to 10 and then with the help of his mother, lifts him to his feet so he can complete his exercise. He’s supposed to push a box filled with toys towards his waiting mother who stands at the opposite end of the room coaxing and cheering him on.

A Chinese climber who lost both legs to frostbite on Everest four decades ago is hoping to finally reach the summit after Nepal’s top court overruled a controversial government ban on blind and double amputee climbers. Xia Boyu is the first double amputee to be given a permit to climb the world’s highest mountain after the ban was revoked.

Decked out in white shirts and bow ties, Qamar Hariz Kamarul Ariffin, 14, and Muhd Aliff Taufiq Mohd Yusni, 15, were supposed to be in school but they were asked to represent the National Autism Society (Nasom) and sing at the Youth and Sports Ministry in Putrajaya.