As Advocates protest the move A bill that threatens to weaken the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) by making it more difficult to prove the law has been…
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How The Disability Rights Bill Got Missing- Bukola Saraki
The Sanate President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday met with the members of the Kpakpando Foundation let by its founder and Chairman, Senator Osita Izuaso, as he explains on how the…
PWDs/Special Bills declared Open For Public Hearing.
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Yabuku Dogara, on Monday 26th February 2018 declared Six (6) Disabilities and Special bills open for deliberation in a just constituted public hearing, INN…
Senate To Pass Found Disability Bill Into Law As Ufom Praises Saraki
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki has assured that the found Disability Bill document, which was hitherto missing, would be passed into law on or before March 2018, INN reports. According…
NASS To Transmit Disability Bill Within 30 Days For Buhari’s Assent — Saraki
The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday 28 february, in Abuja said that the National Assembly would transmit the Disability Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari within 30 days…
Nasarawa State House of Assembly Passes Disability Bill Into Law
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly, had passed into law a bill for the establishment of the state Disability Right Commission law 2018 in order to protect the rights of…
“Just Show Some Love No Matter What”: NBDA Member Passes a Powerful Message to the Deaf Community in Nigeria (video)
A US-based Nigerian, Chidi Olujie, has passed a short but powerful message to the Deaf community in Nigeria National Black Deaf Advocates (NBDA), the largest deaf advocacy organization in the…
WEWE/USAID Drills JONAPWD For Better And Effective Performance
In a bid to strengthen the Joint National Association of People With Disabilities (JONAPWD)’s organizational delivery capacities and consequent upon the continued efforts by JONAPWD to be one of the…
Photos: Basking in the Euphoria of Valentine celebration, INN recounts Sweet tales of Queen Janny’s Valentine gathering with PWDs
The Valentine bash for the People With Disabilities (PWDs) have come and gone, but the aura and euphoria of the event remains fresh. Our INN team you may recall have…
PHOTOS: DWAN, Abuja Chapter, Holds Vocational Skill Training For Deaf Women; Wants Interpreters In Healthcare Facilities
There is currently an on-going vocational training for deaf women organized by the Abuja chapter of Deaf Women Association of Nigeria (DWAN) led by its chairperson, Helen Beyioku-alase, INN reports.…
Sign Language Video: Meet Haben Girma, First Deaf-Blind person to graduate from Harvard Law School
Video Credits: DPAN TV (The Sign Language Channel) Click below to watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5cfS_HQLkM&feature=youtu.be
It’s easy to forget how inaccessible our world is to anyone with limited vision or hearing. Even something as simple as watching a Facebook video is a challenge due to…
People Living with Disabilities Must Be Treated as Equal Members of Society – Abiodun Paseda
He does not live with a physical or mental disability, but Abiodun Enilari Paseda, a Business Administration and Marketing Management graduate of the Ogun State University, Ago Iwoye, and University…
PWDs in Anambra Strategizing Measures To Attract Revenue For Anambra State PWDs; Set Agenda for 2018
• Further Lauds Gov Obiano’s Government The Executive members of the Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD) Anambra State Chapter, in a meeting with the Office of the…
DWAN IS A GIFT TO ALL DEAF WOMEN IN NIGERIA NOW AND IN THE FUTURE -Deaconess Adedoyin Beyioku-Alase
Meet Deaconess Adedoyin Beyioku-Alase, widely known as ‘Mama Deaf’. A hard working and industrious Deaf mother of four. She’s a trained social worker by the Lagos State Ministry of Sports…