Matters Disability

Paralympians Chelagat, Wawira headline Nominees for SOYA Sports Woman with Disability Award.
Paralympians Nancy Chelagat and Hellen Wawira are leading the shortlist for the Sports Personality of the Year Awards (SOYA) Sportswoman with disability.Chelaga...

Top Golfer Makokha shortlisted for SOYA, Sports Man with Disability award.
Deaf top golfer Isaac Makokha is among nine nominees selected for the Sportsman of the Year Award (SOYA) Sportsman with Disability category.Makhoha, a Vet Lab S...

Media Urged To Stop Representing Persons With Disabilities Incorrectly
Media organizations have been urged to stop misrepresenting persons with disabilities in their reporting.According to various speakers at the disability reporti...

Parents Of Children With CP Want Govt's Support
Parents with cerebral palsy children want the government to come up with mechanisms on how to assist in taking care of these children including building special...

2nd Edition Deaf Film Kenya Festival
The 2nd Edition of the Deaf Film Kenya Festival took place at the National Theatre in Nairobi on December 5 and 6.The two-day event was sponsored by the Kenya F...

"No One Out, InJob"
NO ONE OUT Organization in partnership with Christian Blind Mission (CBM), companionship at work (CoWA), Girl child network, and Technical and vocational educat...

Nurturing Children With Disabilities
Kenya Institute of Special Education (KISE) held its fourth conference in Kasarani, with the theme, “Parental Empowerment and Engagement in Nurturing Potential...

Effectiveness Of Brain Games On Helping Prevent Dementia
Dementia is a general term for the impaired ability to remember, think or make decisions that intervenes with day to day activities. It is caused by Alzeheimer'...

Kabuki Syndrome
Kabuki syndrome, formerly known as Niikara-Kuroki syndrome or Kabuki-make up syndrome, is a rare congenital disorder that is characterized by distinctive facial...

Understanding Intellectual Impairments
Intelligence is the general mental capacity that involves reasoning, planning, solving problems, thinking abstractly, comprehending complex ideas, learning effi...

WHITE CANE SAFETY DAY
15th October is a national observance day set aside to observe the White Cane Safety Day, with an aim of celebrating people who are visually impaired and raisin...

KCB's Nikhil Vows to Continue Rallying Despite Safari Rally Setback.
KCB racing team driver Nikhil Sachania and his navigator Deep Patel have assured motorsports fans that they will continue rallying despite their Mitsubishi Evol...

Ukrainian Paralympians Defiant Despite War's Impact
BY AFPTwo years of war in Ukraine has taken its toll on its people, including those preparing for the Paris Paralympics, such as triple world champion swimmer D...

Kajiado County To Award Scholarships To 500 Learners, Including Persons with Disabilities
Persons with disabilities in Kajiado County are among 500 learners set to benefit from education scholarships worth Sh40 million courtesy of the county governme...

Parents Urged To Seek Help For Children With Disabilities
By Richard Muhambe (KNA)Parents of children with any form of disabilities have been urged to visit medical facilities for help instead of hiding them at home.Dr...

Baragoi PWDs Sensitized On GBV Reporting Mechanisms
BY Robert Githu (KNA)Persons with Disabilities (PWD) from Baragoi, Samburu north Sub County have benefited from sensitization workshops on the reporting proced...

Religious Leaders In Embu Decry Rising GBV Cases
Religious leaders in Embu under the National Council of Churches of Kenya (NCCK) have decried the rising cases of gender-based violence (GBV), teenage pregnanci...

Kwale PWDs To Benefit From Community Empowerment Programmes
BY Hussein Abdullahi (KNA)Persons with disabilities in Kwale county are set to benefit from community empowerment programmes launched by a Kwale based Australia...

PWDs Among 16 Groups Benefited From Sh2.3million Uwezo Fund
By Feliciah Wanyonyi/Zipporah Akoth (KNA)Persons with disabilities are among sixteen groups in Kisumu Central Sub County who have benefited with Sh2.3 million f...

Cerebral Palsy DJs Who Rock The House
People with cerebral palsy often posses unique abilities that help them thrive in everyday life and social situations. DJ Wiwa (Winfred Wanjiku) and DJ Skylla (...