Nic Novicki and Mark Whitley, the two American columnists, have shared their opinions about Disability community and the need to give them better visibility in Hollywood. They wrote in a…
Persons with physical disability
IFA Tasks Women With Disabilities To Be Proactive On Political And Electoral Matters
As INEC Mainstreams PWDs Into The Electoral Process The Inclusive Friends Association (IFA) have task women with disabilities to be proactive on political and electoral matters. It said this…
House Moves Against Persons With Disablity; Passes Bill to Weaken Disability Protections
As Advocates protest the move A bill that threatens to weaken the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) by making it more difficult to prove the law has been…
How The Disability Rights Bill Got Missing- Bukola Saraki
The Sanate President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday met with the members of the Kpakpando Foundation let by its founder and Chairman, Senator Osita Izuaso, as he explains on how the…
PWDs/Special Bills declared Open For Public Hearing.
The Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon. Yabuku Dogara, on Monday 26th February 2018 declared Six (6) Disabilities and Special bills open for deliberation in a just constituted public hearing, INN…
My Life, A Great Testimony Of God’s Goodness For The Past Thirty-two Years -Eric Ufom
Equal Rights for Persons with Disabilities International (ERPDI) founder Chief Eric Ndubisi Ufom, who is originally from Enugwu-Ukwu in Anambra state but based in the United States, took to social…
Senate To Pass Found Disability Bill Into Law As Ufom Praises Saraki
The Senate President, Bukola Saraki has assured that the found Disability Bill document, which was hitherto missing, would be passed into law on or before March 2018, INN reports. According…
NASS To Transmit Disability Bill Within 30 Days For Buhari’s Assent — Saraki
The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday 28 february, in Abuja said that the National Assembly would transmit the Disability Bill to President Muhammadu Buhari within 30 days…
My Father’s Friend Once Told Him To Abandon Me In Hospital –Andrew-Essien, Rivers-Based Disability Advocate
Ndifreke Andrew-Essien is the founder and Executive Director of FAECARE Foundation, a non-profit organisation based in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. A Mandela Washington Fellow with several academic qualifications, she told…
Nasarawa State House of Assembly Passes Disability Bill Into Law
The Nasarawa State House of Assembly, had passed into law a bill for the establishment of the state Disability Right Commission law 2018 in order to protect the rights of…
The Feed-The-Street Group Co-ordinator Recounts Her Experience With Mentally Challenged Woman
The Feed-the-Street group, led by its Co-ordinator, Nancy Ogbue, had on the February 14, Valentine day, last week embarked on a show of love to the needy and poor people…
WEWE/USAID Drills JONAPWD For Better And Effective Performance
In a bid to strengthen the Joint National Association of People With Disabilities (JONAPWD)’s organizational delivery capacities and consequent upon the continued efforts by JONAPWD to be one of the…
Nigerian Spinal Cord Injury Survivor Selected For The Convention Of Right Of Person With Disabilities
As ERPWDI Creates New Logo A spinal cord injury survival, Mohammed Abba Isa, who is the CEO of Rebuilding Hope on Wheels Initiative (RHOWi) Yobe State Chapter, has been…
People Living with Disabilities Must Be Treated as Equal Members of Society – Abiodun Paseda
He does not live with a physical or mental disability, but Abiodun Enilari Paseda, a Business Administration and Marketing Management graduate of the Ogun State University, Ago Iwoye, and University…
PWDs in Anambra Strategizing Measures To Attract Revenue For Anambra State PWDs; Set Agenda for 2018
• Further Lauds Gov Obiano’s Government The Executive members of the Joint National Association of Persons With Disabilities (JONAPWD) Anambra State Chapter, in a meeting with the Office of the…