Diagnosed with severe visual impairment when he was 11 years old, Pung Kay Suan’s world seemed to have darkened ahead of him. The 27-year-old man, however, did not let the handicap stop him from pursuing his dreams and leading a normal life. With hard work and support from his parents, Pung managed to complete his Master in Business Administration programme at the Sarawak campus of the Swinburne University of Technology here.

Diserang strok sejak tujuh tahun lalu tidak menghalang seorang bekas guru, Zakaria Adam, 70, untuk meneruskan minat mendalam terhadap lukisan malah menjadikan sebagai terapi bagi memulihkan pergerakannya. Lebih menarik, dia yang berasal dari daerah ini memilih untuk melukis pokok periuk kera atau nama saintifiknya, Nepenthes spp. untuk berkarya di atas kertas atau kanvas.

As he stands in front of his students and dictates a lesson, the fact that he suffers from complete blindness barely crosses their mind. For them, he is just another teacher. In fact, he is a favourite. Suresh Patted, a 28-year-old visually impaired man, was appointed as lecturer at a government degree college in Terdal town of Bagalkot district a month ago.

Malaysian athletes and para athletes set aside their competitive streaks to showcase their sartorial prowess for charity. Twenty sportsmen and sportswomen participated in the Athletes For Charity fashion show, organised by White Elephant – Retail for Charity at the JW Marriott Hotel Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

Blind since birth, virtuoso Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii puts his global success down to a wide range of experiences outside music — and listening to how the conductor breathes.

Kekurangan keupayaan fizikal yang dialami sejak kecil tidak menghalang seorang pemuda berusia 31 tahun untuk meneruskan minatnya dalam bidang jahitan. Mohamad Dhiaulddin Mohd. Sabri berkata, dia mengalami penyakit gangguan saraf ketika berusia enam bulan sehingga mengakibatkannya mengalami kesukaran untuk bergerak dengan normal.

It was a perfect Deepavali gift for 12-year-old Munisha Ragawan, who has suffered from hearing problems since birth. The girl from Tampin, Negri Sembilan, can now hear clearly thanks to a hearing aid donated by Persatuan Kebajikan Bestari Tampin.

Despite their disability, two visually impaired students are confident of scoring straight As in the Pentaksiran Tingkatan 3 (PT3) examination. Aidit Iskandar Samsir and Muhammad Sukrey Mohd Zin were among the four special needs (CBK) students who sat for the PT3 in Maktab Sultan Abu Bakar (MSAB) here.

Menghadapi masalah ketika berkomunikasi dan kesukaran mengingati setiap pelajaran bukanlah halangan buat seorang pelajar kurang upaya (OKU) kategori autisme, Muhammad Raul Rahmat menggenggam Diploma Farmasi pada Istiadat Konvoke­syen Kolej Universiti Geomatika kali ke-13 yang diadakan di Hotel Premiera di sini hari ini.

PEOPLE with disabilities would have better mobility and job opportunities if they could receive a tax waiver or subsidy on a new vehicle. The suggestion was made by Ahmad Faresh Ahmad Zahid, 47, a person with disabilities who operates the country’s first disabled-friendly Perodua car showroom which opened in 2012 at Taman Wahyu, Batu Caves.