Disability Spotlight

SA Guide-Dogs Association, providing comprehensive mobility for the blind

Disability Spotlight, In Focus / Disability Connect

Emphasis in education for people with impaired vision has largely concentrated on communication skills, teaching reading and writing through aids such as braille and augmented computer accessibility. Very little emphasis is placed on mobility which is key to living a life integrated into society. By Chris Buchanan Jenny lives her life as a companion for […]

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Chairman Industries – Providing mobility for disabilities since 1983

Disability Spotlight, In Focus / Disability Connect

Mobility for the disabled, particularly those with limited or no use of their limbs, has been the focus of Chairman Industries since its founding by Neville Cohen 39 years ago. From a self-designed and made vehicle adaption system, Neville expanded the company into a supplier of mobility aids, ranging from lightweight wheelchairs and mobility scooters

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Celebrating International Albinism Awareness Day at Carnival City

Disability Spotlight, In Focus, Uncategorized / Disability Connect

Recognising that 75 percent of the world’s vision impairment is preventable, the global focus is on encouraging people to get their eyes screened. Ster-Kinekor’s Vision Mission initiative aims to provide preventative care and treatment to people who would not otherwise have access to this critical service. Due to the nature of Albinism’s genetic make-up and

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What is the preferred terminology in addressing a disabled person?

Disability Spotlight, In Focus / Disability Connect

The correct terminology used to address a disabled person can be used as a powerful tool to facilitate change and bring about new values, attitudes, and social integration. Compiled by Tarren Bolton Condensed from ‘Disability Definitions, Models and Terminology – Western Cape Government Language reflects the social context in which it is developed and used.

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Q&A: Multiple Sclerosis in the workplace

Disability Spotlight, In Focus, Uncategorized / Disability Connect

In over two thirds of cases, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) affects women, and often strikes between the ages of 20 and 40 – during the prime working years. Disability Connect spoke to *Francis Smith, a 52-year-old attorney from Johannesburg and an MS sufferer, to gain some personal insights into her experiences of living with, and working

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Transform with the times

Disability Spotlight, In Focus / Disability Connect

The disability sector is vast, and individuals with both visible and invisible disabilities face debilitating challenges daily; and when compounded with the global issues brought about by the pandemic, it becomes increasingly challenging to try and negotiate these obstacles in the civil society sector. Mduduzi Dube, Managing Director, Autism Western Cape The disability sector has

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Life Hacks or Activism? A Key Question for People with Disabilities

Disability, Disability Spotlight, In Focus, Lifestyle / Disability Connect

When people with disabilities face the many kinds of problems common to the disability community, they are faced with a choice. It’s a critical choice with enormous implications. But it’s a choice rarely discussed in any coherent way. It’s often made more by habit, temperament, and instinct than by careful consideration. The choice is whether

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My disability won’t stop me living my life

Disability Spotlight, In Focus, Superhero Day / Disability Connect

14-year-old Nyaluak has been living in a refugee camp in Gambella since the beginning of 2017. She arrived with her mother, three brothers, and four sisters. “When the war broke out in Upper Nile state, everybody was scattered and we became separated from our father,” she says. While on their way to Ethiopia, they journeyed

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NOTICE: Public Investment Corporation bursaries available for people living with disabilities

Disability Spotlight / Disability Connect

The Public Investment Corporation SOC Ltd (PIC) is passionate about contributing to the community in which it operates. Improving the lives of people across the board is at the heart of the PIC’s value system. The PIC has a bursary programme that identifies previously disadvantaged learners from designated groups with academic potential who want to

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BIG DREAMS: The indomitable spirit of Caleb Mutombo

Disability Spotlight, In Focus / Disability Connect

Caleb Mutombo was 12 years old when he discovered weightlifting. It became an obsession that would dominate the next decade of his life as he started training intensively and eventually competing in body-building competitions. “My brother and I, we were always talking about our bodies and how we wanted to look nice and build our

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SA Guide-Dogs Association, providing comprehensive mobility for the blind

Chairman Industries – Providing mobility for disabilities since 1983

Celebrating International Albinism Awareness Day at Carnival City

What is the preferred terminology in addressing a disabled person?

Q&A: Multiple Sclerosis in the workplace

Transform with the times

Life Hacks or Activism? A Key Question for People with Disabilities

My disability won’t stop me living my life

NOTICE: Public Investment Corporation bursaries available for people living with disabilities

BIG DREAMS: The indomitable spirit of Caleb Mutombo

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