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…
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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…
Our society, since time immemorial, has culturally been one with divides- parties and proponents, thinkers and doers, left and right, teams and factions, majority and minority, liberalism and conservatism. We…
According to reports, a one-storey building located at Owumi Road, directly Opposite Concord Supermarket in Sapele area of Delta state yesterday fell on top a deaf boy. The deaf boy…
TODAY’S ARTICLE IS mainly intended for the deaf. Our well-researched strategies for improving communications skills are not actually intended for other categories of the disabled. This is so because communication barrier/difficulty…
Anambra To Introduce Sign Language Education In Secondary Schools
Governor Willie Obiano says his administration has offered automatic employment to about forty-two persons with disability in the state. Governor Obiano stated this while declaring open, the first international Deaf…
IF THERE WERE MORE DISABILITY-FRIENDLY GOVERNORS AND POLICES IN NIGERIA LIKE GOVERNOR OBIANO OF ANAMBRA STATE
The last few days have recorded an important milestone for people with disabilities in the country, and in particular, the deaf people in Anambra State: the first International Deaf…
Anambra state born master Tagbubo Chukwu, was today displayed to the admiration of the general public at the ongoing Anambra state first international week for the Deaf program holding at…
The Executive Governor of Anambra state Chief Willie Obiano,was yesterday 3rd November 2017 conferred with an award as the BEST DEAF-FRIENDLY GOVERNOR IN NIGERIA, by the Nigeria National Association of…
People with deafness, like every human being, have emotions and are easily aroused to anger when the wrong button is pressed. In fact, deaf people are arguably some the most…
FIVE CONSEQUENCES OF UNASSERTIVENESS FOR THE DISABLED
Today, Fikemi is a 23-year-old woman with visual impairment and speech difficulty. Long ago, when she was a child, she was only legally blind, with way above average intelligence- far…
SELF-ASSERTIVENESS STRATEGIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Make no mistake about it, this population segment that includes persons with disabilities isn’t the only group that has issues with self-expression. Indeed, everyone, regardless of class, beliefs, gender, socio-economic…
Chairman, House Of Reps Committee On Electoral Matters And Political Party Affairs, Join Campaign For Equal Voting Access For PWDs
The Chairman, house of reps. Committee on Electoral Matters and Political Party Affairs, Hon. Aishatu Jibril Dukku, has joined the Centre for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD), in her campaign for…