Living With Disability

Kevan Chandler has muscular dystrophy. He recently went from a prognosis of being permanently pinned to his wheelchair to traveling the world with his friends. What made this possible is a special backpack seat, allowing Kevan’s friends to carry him on their backs. (video)

Keadaan dirinya selaku orang kurang upaya (OKU) cacat pendengaran tidak menghalang Muhammad Shafiq Makhtar, 17, untuk menduduki ujian Petaksiran Tingkatan Tiga (PT3) yang bermula hari ini. Seperti pelajar lain, Shafiq yang menjuarai acara rejam lembing pada Kejohanan Balapan dan Padang Pendidikan Khas Kebangsaan 1Malaysia 2017 pada Ogos lalu, tetap gigih melakukan persiapan untuk memastikan keputusan yang cemerlang.

Self-driving cars could revolutionize how disabled people get around their communities and even travel far from home. People who can’t see well or with physical or mental difficulties that prevent them from driving safely often rely on others – or local government or nonprofit agencies – to help them get around.

Sebanyak 40 Orang Kurang Upaya (OKU) penglihatan diraikan buat pertama kali pada sambutan Hari Tongkat Putih Peringkat Negeri Perlis di Taman Rekreasi Awam Bukit Lagi di sini hari ini.

Six in ten people surveyed do not have enough information about children with disabilities, UNICEF said in a study released today at Petrosains. This is the first nationwide research to shed light on the perceptions, attitudes and practices towards childhood disability in Malaysia.

Experts from various government organisations on Wednesday discussed ways to achieve Dubai’s vision of transforming the city into disabled-friendly by 2020. A panel discussion titled #Together Limitless focused on how Dubai’s infrastructure and tourism are being prepared to welcome everyone, including people with disabilities.

he’s worked at Goodwill, cleaned rooms at the Super 8 — even scooped poop at the Waverly Pet Rescue. Haley Denner didn’t mind any of it: She was able to see what kind of jobs she liked to do, she said. But it wasn’t until she went to work at the thrift store Trinkets and Togs in Waverly in 2011, pricing goods as a store attendant, that she found something she truly loved.

In Austria, companies with more than 24 employees have to ensure 4% of their personnel are people with a disability. But one bank there is going much further.

In the UK, only 46.5% of working-age disabled people are employed – with the figure for adults with learning difficulties just 6%. In the first of a two-part series, jobseekers with disabilities describe the hassles and heartache of finding work.

Enable Travel is a startup in the travel space but with a unique business model; it is dedicated to helping the differently abled enjoy vacations as normal people do. Debolin Sen is the promoter of Enable Travel and the company is backed by Cox & Kings and the startup fashions itself as “India’s first accessible holiday specialist”.