Living With Disability

A British Paralympic athlete says she is furious after she was asked to prove that she was disabled by an employee of budget airline EasyJet.

Sophia Warner, a 43-year-old track and field Paralympian who has cerebral palsy, was flying from Milan to London when an EasyJet worker raised doubts about her need for special assistance.

The Unicef #ThisAbility truck was launched in Kuala Lumpur by Unicef national ambassador Lisa Surihani and Unicef representative to Malaysia Marianne Clark-Hattingh in partnership with Unicom – a mobile truck events management company.

Scouts from SMK Jalan Damai have played a big role in the success of the Penang Cheshire Agoonoree, a yearly camp for special Scouts. Event organiser Veronica Pau Mei Ling said the school in Bukit Mertajam had been sending their Scouts to the Agoonoree each year without fail since the beginning of the programme in 2006.

Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin, wearing mismatched socks at a cabinet meeting, marked World Down Syndrome Day on March 21 with a touching post on social media. He paid tribute to his niece Aisha, who despite suffering from Down Syndrome, is a “smart, funny, beautiful and confident public speaker”.

Marianne Clark-Hattingh, representative of unicef strongly believes that neglecting the potential of people with disabilities will hurt the nation’s growth; people with disabilities has gifts that deserves nurturing and recognizing too.

Melethuveettil Sasi, 63 berdiri menghadap sebatang jalan di hadapan rumahnya. Riak bangga jelas kelihatan di wajah tua itu. Siapa sangka, dalam masa tiga tahun, lelaki berasal dari Kerala, India ini mampu membina sebatang jalan selepas menarah sebuah bukit seorang diri.

Apple has proposed a set of new emojis representing those with vision, hearing and motor disabilities, BuzzFeed News reports. Included are emojis of guide and service dogs, people with canes, individuals signing the word “deaf,” an ear with a hearing aid, people in wheelchairs and prosthetic limbs.

Scuba diving can be an exotic and enriching activity, but for many, it can also be a therapeutic one. The weightlessness of a water environment allows individuals with a range of injuries or disabilities to exercise, relax, have fun, and gain confidence.

It is not only 61-year-old retiree Mr Harold Tan who struggles when he has to take his intellectually disabled daughter Dawn to the polyclinic. Doctors are also ill-equipped to communicate with the 22-year-old and can find it difficult to understand what is causing her discomfort. Because people with intellectual disabilities are less able to articulate themselves, their health problems can end up being treated poorly or even go undiagnosed.