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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…