Success Stories

ustralia made it the best,” says 15-year-old para athlete Kailyn Joseph of her Commonwealth Games experience. The Australian long-jumper, who has cerebral palsy, was one of an unprecedented number of athletes with disability who competed at the Games on the Gold Coast – there were nearly 300 in total, 73% more than in Glasgow four years ago.

ALTHOUGH he is partly hearing impaired, Abdul Hakim Abdul Majid wanted to prove he could do well in his Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia (STPM) examinations.

When Eman Sulaeman begged his parents to let him play football, the couple worried their young son – born with no feet and just one full leg – would be mocked. But two decades later, the 30-year-old Indonesian goalkeeper is wowing crowds at home and abroad with his “cat-like” reflexes, and sending a powerful message about people with disabilities.

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.

I used to ask myself if a severely disabled person like me can work in an office environment. Can I manage and survive outside the comfort and safety of my house without a fulltime assistant? So many things can happen, some expected, many unanticipated.

Despite his disability, visually impaired Kenzon Yeoh emerged top scorer from among 114 candidates at SMK Georgetown in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination.

Malaysians bade farewell to the late Stephen Hawking, considered to be one of the greatest theoretical physicists ever, paying tribute to his tenacity in overcoming adversity and for sparking their imagination.

Stephen Hawking, who has died aged 76, was Britain’s most famous modern day scientist, a genius who dedicated his life to unlocking the secrets of the Universe.

Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking, whose mental genius and physical disability made him a household name and inspiration across the globe, has died at age 76, a family spokesman said Wednesday.

An explosion tore through Nilofar Bayat’s leg when she was just two years old, but as she spins her wheelchair across a basketball court in Bangkok, the Afghan athlete is determined to turn her story from tragedy to trium­ph.