After a string of conversations via WhatsApp, finally I got a perfect timing to talk to Susan Njogu Eling together with her husband Phillip Eling. She is miles away in…
Kazakh police on Tuesday detained a woman with cerebral palsy as she protested against the daughter of former strongman Nursultan Nazarbayev for calling people with disabilities “freaks”, local media reported.…
Exactly a year ago, Form Three student Irene Mumbi’s life changed after she ran into a burning house to rescue her disabled mother. She ended up sustaining life threatening burns…
A deaf couple is set to open a new Neapolitan-style pizzeria in Washington, D.C., staffed only by deaf employees. Mozzeria will be located on 1300 H St. NE, down the…
You might not think about it as an able-bodied person, but the simple task of using the toilet can become a hellish ordeal if you’re confined to a wheelchair. A…
Dr Ojji Dike, a Consultant Cardiologist, University of Abuja Teaching Hospital says high blood pressure causes over 20 per cent of global deaths. Dike said this at the Bi-annual health…
American bloggers and activists have paid tributes to deaf Nigerian Chidi Olujie Chidi Olujie, a strong voice in Nigerian Deaf community, is recognized in the United States by writers and…
“People are not hindered by their physical disabilities, but are slaves of their emotional and mental disabilities” are the words of 35-year-old Nolwazi Khuzwayo, who is originally from Umzumbe on…
The Greek women of the national deaf team won gold on Saturday at the 2019 Women’s World Deaf Basketball Championship held in Poland, led by their coach Athina Zerva. In…
Senator Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, on Monday, celebrated his 60th birthday with people with disabilities. The celebration which saw a lot of people with disabilities in attendance, was also attended by the…
Wilson Macharia, a lawyer, has encouraged employers to shun stereotypes when hiring to accommodate persons living with disability in their workforce in Kenya. He says employers should change their attitudes…
Five Russian couples who are deaf want to try the CRISPR gene-editing technique so they can have a biological child who can hear, biologist Denis Rebrikov has told New Scientist.…
A Melbourne taxi driver who transported deaf children to and from school has been accused of repeatedly molesting one of them as she rode in his car. Ioannis Amourgianos, known…
A stripling of 23-years-old has been spending the last 20 years in isolation in the Nkwanta south of the Oti region, because of a medical condition. Basty Abass passes urine,…
Armed forces personnel get separate pension if they suffer any form of disability in the line of duty. The Army has endorsed the government’s decision to tax the disability pension…
