Persons with disability

standing at a little over two feet, Nekhidia Harris is proof anything is possible. Born with a brittle bone disease, doctors gave Harris just three days to live....

A 9-year-old amazing girl from Virginia called Ayana Ellick who was born in 2009 without hands has become a sensation after winning two national writing awards. According to...

For many of us, having a disability is something we rarely think about until someone close to us develops one. Persons with Disability (PWDs) have suffered discrimination in...

Blind Ethiopian lawyer and activist Yetnebersh Nigussie 2017's joint winner of the Right Livelihood Award is a force for inclusion, saying: ‘If I can excel...bring about my own change,...

More than 30 million people around the globe have speech impairments and must rely on sign language, which poses a language barrier when seeking to communicate with non-sign...

A blind female Ethiopian lawyer has been named a joint winner of the 2017 Right Livelihood Award, also known as Sweden’s alternative Nobel Prize. The 35-year-old human rights...

By David Ngobua The outstanding performance of Nigerian powerlifters at the ongoing Rio 2016 Paralympics is not coming as a surprise to many who are conversant with the...

Two of Team Nigeria’s athletes have made their presence known at the ongoing Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Latifat Tijani Latifat Tijani on Friday, won the country’s...

Team Nigeria’s Gold medal has increased by two following the record smashing win by Paul Kehinde and Lucy Ejike at the ongoing Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro Brazil....

Nigeria’s Ndidi Nwosu has won the country’s 5th gold in the women’s -73kg in the powerlifting event at the ongoing Rio 2016 Paralympics. Nwosu who weighs 71.1kg, claimed...