A “beautiful” mum and her scientist boyfriend have been named as the taxi passengers killed in the horror Birmingham underpass crash. Lucy Davis and Lee Jenkins, in their early…
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Edo Lawmaker Enrolls Indigent Students with Disabilities for WAEC
An Edo state lawmaker has shown extraordinary kindness to indigent students with disabilities by paying their WAEC enrollment fees in Benin City, Edo State Osaigbovo Iyoha, who is the…
International Day of Persons With Disability: CEDAR SEED Foundation Calls for National Inclusion for People Living with Disabilities
A group of highly influential disability groups gathered together on IDPW day in Abuja to discuss the challenges of disabled persons in the country- once more Banded together were…
Badagry Deaf Awareness Day was held to mark International week of the Deaf earlier this month The chairman called for more initiatives from Lagos state government toward improving the…
Deaf teachers banded together in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State to discuss a wide range of issues affecting the deaf and their education and upward mobility in the country Issues including…
Nigerian Catholic Deaf Community Host Persons with Disabilities at A Thanksgiving Service
Nigerian Catholic Deaf Community hosted Persons with disabilities at its thanksgiving service The gathering took place in Anambra on 17 December 2017 Chuk Betrand Ezewuzie, Senior Special Assistant to…
England’s deaf women’s Futsal squad have secured their spot at next year’s European Championship. The Lionesses, all of whom are deaf, have successfully come through the qualifying round earlier…
The UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has been sued by a deaf executive over discriminatory access to Work Cap- a scheme that manages disability related expenses at…
The Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill 2016 has passed all stages in the Dáil. There were cheers and TDs signed to the public gallery in the…
2019 Election: INEC to Introduce Sign Languages for People Living with Disabilities
Ahead of 2019 elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will introduce sign languages and communication techniques The daring initiative is expected to accommodate the community of…
Disability Rights: CCD and Other Disability Rights Groups Challenges Federal Lawmakers
The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities and Others have challenged the National Assembly to pass the Disability Bill The groups have expressed their concerns about the circumstances surrounding the…
Its Cinema Time for the Disabled: DRAC Introduces the Movie “In The Shadows” At a Movie Premiere
In the Shadows is a disability-centered movie. It depicts the violence against women and girls with disabilities In fact, it is about a young woman who experienced sexual and…
DEAF WOMAN LISTS TWO MAJOR ISSUES SHE WILL DISCUSS WITH BUHARI IF SHE MEETS HIM
The Secretary General of Abuja Deaf Women Association says she has something to tell the President She wants the President to appoint a special needs woman that addresses the concerns…
Our Idea woman of the week, Theresia Degener.
Theresa Degener is a renowned personality in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities She is a professor of law and disability studies at the Protestant University of Applied Sciences…
International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 2017: We Don’t Want Pity, People with Disabilities Tell Nigerians
People with disabilities have said they do not want pity from Nigerians The individuals, through major disability groups in Nigeria, want encouragement to take active part in the economic…