Disabled People
latest news & developmentsWe fail children living with disabilities
Despite commendable work and persistent battles, not enough is being done for these learners
New copyright law will benefit South Africans with disabilities
South Africa’s new Copyright Amendment Bill could help the country take an important step in tackling its own “book famine
Listen to the voices of women with disabilities
Women with communication disabilities are more likely to be victims of violence. But technological communication aids can help them speak out
The accidental record-breaker
Mpumelelo Mhlongo is crushing it on the global stage, and has his eye on a third world record
No school for 600 000 children
The education department should provide free, inclusive education for disabled children and support their caregivers
Community Conservation and Resilience
Winner: Aller River Pilot Project
Graduation ceremonies a success
Autumn graduation ceremonies fairly conducted
Queerness, desire and disability
Queer people with disabilities face double discrimination when it comes to sex.
Where queer and disabled intersect
There’s already a stigma attached to being queer. Add a disability and there’s this ‘assumption that you need to be protected from desire’.
Universities’ inclusion of disabled students is limited
Universities must move beyond measuring inclusion based only on the number of students with disabilities they have enrolled each year.
Traditional leaders ‘scared’ of disabled people
Disabled people in rural areas say that "negative attitudes, lack of patience, are barriers to accessing justice in the traditional courts".
Players in the pound seats
Wheelchair tennis is grounded in clumsy mobility, but its popularity is soaring in South Africa.
Intellectually disabled women in India ‘treated worse than animals’
A recent report says that intellectually disabled women in India are routinely locked up in institutions where they are "treated worse than animals".
Disabled children face uphill education battle
Even though the Constitution guarantees disabled children the right to education, many don’t go to school, or have great difficulty in doing so.
Mountain bike technology behind off-road wheelchair
Build mountain bike technology into a wheelchair and suddenly the hills open up to the handicapped, writes Arthur Goldstuck.