Success Stories

A group of more than 500 children with special needs have earned themselves a place in the Malaysia Book of Records in an art exhibition held here in Johor Bahru.

Lieutenant-Colonel (Rtd) Muhamad Izam Omar could never forget the day when he went on his last patrol, 36 years ago. On that fateful day in 1982, he stepped on a booby trap set by communist guerillas, leaving his right leg permanently disabled.

The first disabled woman to sail solo around Britain has died at the age of 46. Hilary Lister, who was paralysed from the neck down, became famous after she used the “sip-and-puff” system for steering and controlling a yacht’s sails by blowing and sucking through plastic straws.

Nine years after a terrifying scuba accident crushed his spine, a paraplegic scuba diver is back in the water helping disabled divers.

Sebuah gedung peruncit fesyen mampu milik, Primark menerima beratus-ratus komen positif dan pujian berhubung kempen terbaharunya yang memaparkan seorang model berstatus orang kelainan upaya (OKU).

The Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) has appointed a person with physical disability from Beautiful Gates Foundation as a councillor. Pua Ghin Chu, 36, is deputy executive director of the foundation that empowers the disabled community.

Their first meeting ended up with talented artist Louis Gan Yee Loong surprising Lean Ong Hui Lian with her portrait as a birthday gift in 2011. It didn’t take long before they became an item after that.

Ipoh-born Wong Hung Fai is determined to realise his dream of conquering the Straits, one of the busiest and most treacherous shipping lanes in the world. What makes this aspiration so amazing is the fact that this affable 28-year-old is disabled. Blind from birth, he’s determined to make his presence felt when he joins other swimmers this weekend for the ultimate swim across the Straits of Melaka, covering a distance of about 40 to 50km.