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…
Disability News
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…
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…
Senate Committee On Independent National Electoral Commission Meets Physically Challenged Citizens
The senate committee on INEC meets the organization of Physically Challenged Persons ahead of Election The committee assures the group of its commitments to increase their franchise- a right…
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…
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…