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National Superhero Day is observed annually on April 28: Meet the 13 superheroes with disabilities

Comic books can do whatever they please with their characters. Short of a destroyed continuity, comic fans will usually suspend disbelief. So a superhero or supervillain can be superhuman despite being physically disabled. This happens much more often than non-comic fans would suspect. Let’s run down some of the better examples. 1. The Oracle –

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Services available to people with disabilities during lockdown

Deputy minister of Social Development, Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu provides an update on measures and services available to persons with disabilities in South Africa amid Covid-19 and lockdown. AS the spread of Covid-19 surpass the 1 000 mark amid the 21-days lockdown period in South Africa, Deputy Minister of Social Development Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu calls on the public

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COVID-19’s isolated world is the norm for people with disabilities

The 1.3 billion living with disabilities worldwide are no stranger to the kind of exclusion the coronavirus has forced on the rest of the population. The shift in working practices proves that similar adaptations could be made for those with disabilities. The ‘inclusion revolution’ has a strong business imperative, but an even stronger moral one.

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