Welfare

After losing his left leg to a landmine during an operation in Hutan Gubir in 1986, an army veteran found himself fighting another battle when he was diagnosed with blood cancer.

Jasni Othman, 60, said he was diagnosed with the illness in September after experiencing constant fatigue and headaches.

Dilapidated hostel building condition has sparked concerns over the safety of ten disabled people who work in an envelope-making workshop in Sungai Lembing. The poor condition of the double-storey wooden structure, along with leaking roof, poses a threat to the occupants aged between 19 and 56.

Kementerian Pendidikan akan melaksanakan usaha menaik taraf sekolah di seluruh negara secara berperingkat supaya lebih mesra Orang Kurang Upaya (OKU).

Lebih 40 orang anak-anak autisma hadir memeriahkan Kempen Kesedaran Autisma anjuran Unit Pemulihan Carakerja dan Unit Pendidikan Kesihatan Hospital Taiping di pusat beli-belah AEON Taiping, Perak baru-baru ini.

You wouldn’t think twice about the height of a door handle. But it’s something Tarryn Tomlinson has to consider every single day. Tomlinson was a teenager when the way she experienced the world changed. “I developed rheumatoid arthritis at the age of 18 and within a year and a half I needed to use a wheelchair,” she says.

Aktivis orang kurang upaya (OKU) Anthony Thanasayan membidas Belanjawan 2019 yang diumumkan kerajaan Pakatan Harapan (HARAPAN) sebagai tidak mengambil kira golongan OKU.

Kerajaan melalui Kementerian Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat komited dalam memenuhi hak dan keperluan Orang Kurang Upaya (OKU) ke arah melestarikan hidup golongan berkenaan.

The Rotary Club of George Town raised funds to buy a RM65,000 brand new MPV for the Eden Handicap Service Centre Penang to transport those who are intellectually disabled.

More than a thousand people from all walks of life participated in a charity run to raise funds in support of children with autism.

In light of the plastic straw ban in the Federal Territories next year, advocates representing persons with disabilities (PWDs) have urged eateries to provide alternative drinking straws to those with limited physical movements. “Straws are needed by those with neurological problems or have limited physical movement such as tetraplegics or quadriplegics,” said founder and chairman of the non-governmental organisation OKU Sentral Ras Adiba Radzi.