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There are 1.5 million people with a learning disability currently living in the UK, and ensuring they are offered proactive, person-centred care is crucial to ensure they can live both safely and more independently.

Technologically tailored to the needs of artists with a disability is helping them make music, with just a remote in their hands.

People who are blind or visually impaired can use phones, computers, and other electronic gadgets just as much as those who can see.

What do a quality analyst, digital marketer, service manager, full-stack developer, tech founder, cyber cafe owner, grocery store owner, YouTuber, artist, accessibility tester and caregiver have in common?

The pandemic has grown the disability demographic and widened the disability divide. Yet there are the seeds of positive change.

While there is growing awareness of the human rights challenges that these new technologies can pose, Quinn said the discussion should shift to focus on the specific challenges these new technologies pose to the rights of people with disabilities, as provided by the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Through a partnership with a venerable name in the world of assistive technology, people with disabilities can now control Apple’s iPad using nothing more than their eyes. Tobii Dynavox said this week that it is launching an add-on device that will bring its eye-tracking technology to the iPad.

ISAAC invites people who use AAC to meet online on a regular basis for informal chats.

“It’s been my long time aim to challenge the perception of people who use wheelchairs and encourage people to look beyond the chair.” says Ailbhe Keane, CEO and Creative Director of Izzy Wheels, an Irish based company that is partnering with Disney on a fashionable collection of wheelchair covers.

Di kebanyakan negara maju, pembabitan orang kurang upaya (OKU) dengan aktiviti pertanian secara kecil-kecilan dan komersial adalah dinamik. Latihan berbentuk Pendidikan dan Latihan Teknikal dan Vokasional (TVET) diberikan secara berterusan bagi membantu OKU dalam pertanian.

A lack of people who understand sign language has left many who have hearing and speaking impediments adrift with no way of communicating with the rest of society.

Kellie Larkin says lockdown has improved her quality of life. The 20-year-old from Country Tyrone has cerebral palsy, is quadriplegic and is a permanent wheelchair user.

The Johor government will ensure that no one, including the disabled (OKU) community, will be left behind in the state’s Budget 2021.

Charity organisations are facing financial constraints since the implementation of the movement control order (MCO) on March 18, to contain the spread of Covid-19.

The physically disabled and visually impaired lament that although they have the necessary academic qualifications, they are not recognised and not offered a stable job to secure their future.

Long-jumper Sayaka Murakami is hoping not just for a medal at the postponed Tokyo Paralympics, but also for lasting acceptance in a Japanese society where disabled people can feel pressured to stay out of the public eye.

Myiesha, a retail store in Publika Shopping Gallery, Kuala Lumpur, aims to make a difference. The store’s name means “life’s blessings” in Arabic and it sells pre-loved items in aid of Yokuk — A Foundation for the Disabled and Underprivileged, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) based in Kelantan.

We all suffer from fatigue once in a while; so did Tan Shu Hua. Back in 2014, the interior designer was juggling work and raising two young children, then aged two and four.

A law reform group is calling for the setting up of a national commission to champion the rights of disabled persons.

Blake, who has a genetic bone and muscle disorder and stands a little under 4ft (1.2m) tall, couldn’t find jeans or dresses in her size. Paging through Glamour and Cosmopolitan magazines, she didn’t see a single person who looked like her.