The range of aids and technology now available to help students with a disability learn and boost their self-esteem has flourished, and is making a difference in schools in New Zealand.

Paralympian Siti Noor Iasah Mohamed Ariffin is a 400m runner. As such, there was no high expectations on her when she decided to compete in the women’s 800m T20 (learning disability) event at the Kuala Lumpur Asean Para Games. But yesterday, the 28-year-old mother of a five-year-old girl sprang a huge surprise when she won the gold in 2:34.12 at the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil.

Eleven years ago S. Jeyaraj’s life changed completely. From an able-bodied person, he became wheelchair-bound. This was after an eight-tonne metal object fell onto him while he was working on a heavy-duty vehicle.

With the support of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, the Disability Network Partners recently sponsored — for the very first time — a seating and wheeled mobility services training workshop. OVR Executive Director Arlene Yamagata, M.S., CRC shared that training included a combination of lecture, hands-on experience, client demonstrations, case examples, and opportunities for group discussion.

Much like the athletes competing in the 9th Asean Para Games, two women aren’t letting their disabilities hold them back.

Untuk memahami bahasa isyarat yang disampaikan oleh mereka yang mempunyai masalah cacat pendengaran ia bukanlah sesuatu yang mudah untuk difahami oleh manusia normal.

Bagi mengatasi masalah itu sepasukan jurutera di Universiti California San Diego membangunkan prototaip sarung tangan pintar.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak declared open the 2017 Kuala Lumpur ASEAN Para Games at the National Stadium here at Kuala Lumpur Sports City tonight. A total of 1,421 athletes from 11 nations comprising Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei Darussalam, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia, Timor Leste and host Malaysia.

It takes courage for any ordinary person to achieve success when he lacks something, but for a person with a disability? Meet Kenneth D’Cruz, a 29-year-old audio engineer has worked tirelessly to set up his own audio production company.

Inconsiderate motorists in Klang are hogging designated parking bays for the disabled, despite action taken by the Klang Municipal Council (MPK) enforcement team. MPK statistics reveal that an average of 15 cars a day are towed away for parking in disabled bays, with the offenders also issued summonses for RM400.

However, councillor Allan Tan, who is disabled, said many of the offenders just could not be bothered.

Kavita Krishnaswamy had labored through a decade of coursework in math and computer sciences to achieve a perfect 4.0 grade-point average. She’d spent three years narrowing the focus of her doctoral dissertation. But when the day arrived to defend her dissertation proposal before the panel of senior academics who would allow her to proceed, she never showed up. She sent her robot.