A lawyer is suing media outlets for video contents without captions He argues that video content without close captioning exclude the deaf The lawsuits, brought under the Americans with…
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DTAN Challenges Nigeria’s Law Enforcement Agencies to Learn and Acquire Sign Language
Deaf Teachers Association of Nigeria (DTAN) has circulated a letter to Nigeria’s armed forces and law enforcement agencies to learn and acquire sign language. Used to be seen as…
International Day of People with Disabilities: DWAN, Abuja Chapter, In A Conference to Advocate for Equal Rights for Deaf Women in Abuja.
Deaf Women Association of Nigeria, Abuja Chapter, has called on stronger advocacy for equal rights for deaf women in Nigeria This was stated at the series of seminars organized…
Sign Language and The Security of Our Nation
The security of our nation isn’t just the safety and protection of lives and properties. The security of our nation also includes a psychological sense of balance and harmony everyone…
Canada Legalizes Euthanasia So Parents Can Kill Disabled Children
Canada has introduced a new law that legalizes euthanasia for parents who want their doctors to kill their sick, disabled or dying children. Euthanasia, painless killing to relieve suffering,…
National Assembly Gets Ultimatum to Pass Disability Bill
A coalition of powerful disability groups has demanded for the quick passage of the Disability Bill They have conveyed their dissatisfaction over the delay in passing the Disability Bill…
International Day of Persons with Disabilities: Deaf Resource Centre honours Daily Trust with an Award
Daily Trust Newspaper was honoured for being a disability-friendly newspaper The Newspaper was recognized for its services to disabled individuals in the country- in the areas of news reporting, publication…
PERSON WITH DISABILITIES BEG NIGERIANS FOR MORE ACCESS
Ahead of election 2019, Disability individuals and groups call for a chance at more access in electoral participation to enable them contributes to National development. Plea was made during…
DISABILITY BILL: CCD SLAMS GOVERNMENT FOR IT’S DELAY TO PASS BILL
The Centre for Citizens with Disabilities, CCD, the poor attitude of the government toward the passage of the Disability Bill into law Lack of Bill has been exposing people…
Breaking News: Nigeria’s Disability Bill Declared Missing
People With Disabilities (PWDs) Plan Warning Protest The Disability Bill which was passed by the Senate for Assent has just been declared missing by NASS. This comes at a time…
The Ogun State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development Celebrates This Year International Day for People with Disabilities in Grand Style
The Ogun State Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development celebrates this year International Day for people with disabilities in a glamorous way The association dishes out assortments gifts and…
Emotional Wellness for Everyone II
In our previous article on emotional wellness, we stated clearly and fairly expansively what mental wellness is essentially about. Our mental wellness essentially has to do with knowing who we…
Lagos to Establish Early Intervention Centre for Children with Special Needs as Ambode Urges Nigerians Not to Look Down On Persons with Disability
Lagos State is set to establish an Early Intervention Centre in 2018 to provide therapy and educational support services for infants and young children with special needs. The Governor…
Physically challenged man got married to a beautiful bride
Love is indeed a beautiful thing, and when it is pure and real, it knows no bound. Here are viral photos of a physically challenged man who recently tied the…
Toyin Fasakin, a Deaf Nigerian man, is running for The Office of The Register of Wills in Prince George’s County-the county’s first Deaf political candidate
Not all success stories are fairy tales. This is what you learn meeting some amazing people with some very unusual success stories. Stories of people with devastating challenges making it…