The new laws pave way for more opportunities for Japan’s deaf community. by Deaf Niche Japan’s First Deaf Bus Driver Takeyama Matsuyama dreamed of being a bus driver since he was…
Malaria has killed more than 1,800 people in Burundi this year, the UN’s humanitarian agency says, a death toll rivalling a deadly Ebola outbreak in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of…
By Chiagoziem Onyekwena I had two visually-impaired friends in secondary school and I can honestly say that those friendships changed my life. I know we now live in a hypersensitive…
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National Lottery Authority Makes Intervention; Donate Materials to Persons with Disabilities and Organisations.
The Management of the National Lottery Authority (NLA) has donated huge consignment of assorted food and non-food items to more than 26 physically Challenged, Charitable Organizations, orphanages and Public Welfare…
Medical institutions across the country to have been urged to engage sign language interpreters to promote effective communication between hearing impaired patients and health practitioners. This would give confidence to…
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Meet King Bajio, the neglected disabled sports presenter imparting lives
“Disability isn’t inability”, the recurrent verse on the lips of persons living with disability is undoubtedly true taking into consideration the amazing works of some disables in Ghana especially King…
Eddie Ndopu, a South African activist and humanitarian, has plans to book a flight on a commercial trip into space and deliver an address to the UN while he’s up…
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Deaf Philanthropist, Olujie, Meets Korean President; Plan Towards 2023.
Deaf philanthropist, Chidi Olujie met with the President of the Korean Republic Association of the Deaf, Byun Seung ll, at the ongoing 18th edition of the World Federation of the…
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Leroy Moore is on a mission to showcase African disabled musicians
Leroy Moore, who has been an activist for black artists with disabilities since the 1990s, uses his music and writing to share the experience of being a black, disabled man.…
Mr Deaf South Africa Phumelela Mapukata did the country proud at the Mr Deaf World pageant. The international pageant was held in SA for the first time. Twenty contestants from…
Reporter Liam O’Dell American academic Joseph Murray has been announced as the new President of the World Federation of the Deaf. Dr Murray, who takes over from Colin Allen, will…
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Vidisha Baliyan becomes first Indian to bag the Miss Deaf World 2019 title (photo)
Vidisha Baliyan, a 21-year-old girl from Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar city, was crowned Miss Deaf World 2019. The international beauty pageant was held in Mbombela, South Africa and Vidisha, being the…
•River blindness An Ophthalmologist, Dr. Valentina Ideh, has raised the alarm that about 40 million Nigerians are at risk of contracting river blindness (Onchocerca volvulus) in the country Dr Ideh,…
Two Kenyan representatives in the just-concluded Miss and Mister Deaf International beauty contest in Moscow Russia scooped top honours. The duo jetted back into the country on Tuesday morning to…
The National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA) says no fewer than 50,000 children are yet to be reached with wild polio vaccine in some parts of North-East Nigeria, due…