Living With Disability

Kerajaan Pahang memperuntukkan sejumlah RM42.4 juta bagi membantu 10,473 orang kurang upaya (OKU) di negeri ini, tahun ini.

Peruntukan itu membabitkan tiga kategori penerima iaitu OKU yang bekerja, bantuan pesakit terlantar dan OKU tidak bekerja.

The next time you report a Twitter troll for polluting your timeline, you might notice an additional word on the reporting form. Disability.

As another World Autism Week comes to a close, we wonder what will be the next step for autistic Malaysians. The growing knowledge of autism is there. We should look at how we can integrate autistic people into society.

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.