Recent Reports

Millions across the world celebrated the triumphs and accomplishments of people with disabilities on Monday. The International Day of Persons with Disabilities has been a special day in China since it was proclaimed by the United Nations in 1992. This year the day was...

A school on the outskirts of Bandung, West Java is doing its part to create awareness for disabled children and provide a safe space for them to learn. Tatang was only seven years old when a surgery to improve his vision went wrong, leaving him permanently blind. It...

Learning to read is hard work for any kid. For deaf and hard-of-hearing children, it is even more challenging. Chinese mobile giant Huawei recently launched StorySign, a free mobile app that translates children's books into sign language, so as to enrich family story...

Deaf tourists can now tour the Philippines with ease. The Department of Tourism (DOT) of the Philippines said on Wednesday that it is training deaf tour guides who can show around tourists who have impaired hearing. So far, Philippine Tourism Secretary Bernadette...

The 6th Fund Raising Run event would be held across two provinces in Java, expected to raise some 2.5 billion rupiahs (about 174,600 U.S. dollars) to help finance the education for disabled persons in Indonesia, the organizing committee said here on Friday. The...

The launch ceremony of the Steering Committee on Accessibility (SCA) kicked off at the Headquarters of United Nations in New York on November 28, 2018. At the invitation of Maria Fernanda Espinosa, the President of the General Assembly of the 73rd Session,...

South Sudan's Magdalena Keji has defied physical impairment to pursue photography with passion, believing it can contribute to her country's renewal. "Acquiring photography techniques will help me use only a lens to demystify negative beliefs that people have toward...

David Kerkede, 31, lost a leg in 2005 in a gun battle during South Sudan's long struggle for independence from Sudan. Last year, Kerkede took up playing wheelchair basketball to enable him socialize with his able-bodied friends and barely a year later, Kerdkede is now...