Matters Disability

Kenya Invents the First Online Sign Language Interpretation Application assistALL Application
Towards the end of 2019, a deadly pandemic brought the world to a standstill.COVID -19 a virus that was first reported from Wuhan China, whichsaw many countries...

‘Sesame Street’ a TV Show Helping Kids with Autism Learn to Wear Face Masks
With the hit of covid -19, children with Autism get it rough to adjust to the ministry of health and World health Organization guidelines. Wearing of masks and...

Back To School, Masks For Every Student…What Happens To Deaf Students?
Kenya reported its first covid-19 case on 15th march. This brought tension in the country closing almost everything up. The president appointed Mutahi Kagwe the...

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta Advocates for Enhanced Digital Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has called for enhanced digital inclusion for persons with disabilities so as to eliminate technological barriers that prevent them...

Rapper and Singer Eminem Helped My Autistic Son Get Speech
Autismrefers to a broad range of conditions characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech and nonverbal communication.At an early...

Christine Arunga the Cerebral Palsy Heroine
Cerebral palsy (CP) is a group of disorders that affect a person’s ability to move and maintain balance and posture. CP is the most common motor disability in c...

For Kids with disabilities, Online Schooling Divides Haves and Have-Nots
As covid-19 cases hit one million worldwide, doctors are still working up and down to find a vaccine. United Nations secretary general António Guterres, recentl...

How Would You Describe Persons With Disabilities?
Guidelines for Writing and Referring to Persons with DisabilitiesDo not refer to a disability or condition unless it is crucial to your subject and relates to t...

25 Year Old Wheelchair User Beats Odds To Become The Youngest Congress Member
Madison Cawathorn was born in 1995 in Asheville, North Carolina. A Son to Priscilla and RogerCawathorn. Madison homeschooled in Hendersonville, North Carolina.C...

Joe Biden’s Win Is A Hurrah… For Persons With Disabilities
The former vice president win seems like what Americans have looking and hoping for.After the divisive campaign that culminated in four days of vote counting, B...

A Unique Clinic, Treating Women With Disabilities
Health care is still a hard nut crack in many counties. people can still not afford good health care for many reasons,’ poverty being one of them. To fight this...

Advanced Computer Mouse For Persons With Disabilities
As covid -19 continues hitting the world. Education is one of the areas that have been greatly affected. Physical education has been stopped in many countries a...

A Blind Man And His One Arm Friend Plant A Forest
Covid -19 continues to hit the world, bringing it back back to factory settings seeing manycountries’ economies shut down. Although, a sigh of relief as a possi...

A Car Wash Employing Autistic People
Employment remains the biggest challenge worldwide. Both developed and developingcountries unemployment is puzzle that has not been easy to solve. Though, many...

Cats May Improve Social Skills in Kids with Autism
Autism is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties with social interaction andcommunication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior.Adopting a...

Kenya’s First Blind DJ
Familiar Part of the Music Industry: The Art of Mixing Songs and/or Sounds to Make Music...

From “Sainsbury’s” to “Signsbury’s”
In southern parts of the United Kingdom, there is a city called Bath where a groundbreaking change happened at one of the largest supermarket companies in the c...

An Amputee Stars In New Kurt Geiger Campaign
The society’s perception on persons with disabilities and talent is taking another shape. The now fading believe that persons with disabilities may not be able...

‘’CRIP CRAMP’’ A Disability Movie Nominated For OSCER'S Award
Talent development is key in killing stigmatization among persons with disabilities. Manyprograms supporting talent development are not inclusive. Take for inst...

First Lady Margaret Kenyatta’s Message On The Commemoration of World Autism Day
The first lady of Kenya Margaret Kenyatta joined the world in marking World Autism Awareness Day. This day is always marked on 2nd April each year to enable peo...