Living With Disability

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”.

She gave up her a corporate career and learnt how to be a special needs educator. Now she and her husband provide a safe place for some 200 Muslim youths – but it’s been a rocky journey. (video available)

Including persons with disabilities in the workforce does not lead to lower productivity. Instead, it can help staff learn compassion.

Standing at only 92.5cm (a little shorter than the average height of a 3-year-old) and with limited motor abilities, it’s an understatement to say that Siew faces tremendous challenges every day. “There are a lot of things that people take for granted. Even the simplest of tasks such as climbing the stairs or pushing the buttons in the lift may seem like a breeze for able-bodied people. But not for me,” confides Siew.