There is a lot of work and research being done to find ways to improve life for partially-sighted and blind people. Reading and recognition devices could make smartphones, tablets, and smart glasses into indispensable aids for the visually impaired.

Disabilities are more common than most people think. Most disabilities are the result of an accident, injury, aging or illness, and although most people think having a disability leads to a lower quality of life, the good news is that there are some easy things you can do to improve your quality of life. These 8 tips for improving quality of life with a disability will help!

A special concert to showcase the talents of the disabled turned out to be a resounding success.

THE Penang Sports Council (PSC) has donated RM7,000 worth of sports equipment to the State Disabled Persons Recreational and Sports Association (Pesron) to be used by its members.

Limbs for Life Prostheses Centre is an initiative to help poor amputees who cannot afford an artificial limb.

Prosthetic limbs give amputees a new lease of life.

FACILITIES for the physically and visually challenged people are lacking in Penang and more should be built.

Taking care of children with special needs in trying times.

EUGENE Cheong and his wife Jo-Anne de Vries were unable to find a school to enrol their son just two months before the start of the new schoolyear.

I admit that I am a stickler when it comes to terms used to refer to people like me. Am I a person with disabilities, OKU or disabled person? They may seem the same at the first glance but there are very distinct differences when we delve deeper into their meanings.