The reference number, 691/03/2000, is the label given to the tragedy that changed my life on March 20, 2000. It’s a number I’ll never be able to erase. It is the day I was shot and paralysed. About 18 years ago, I never imagined that my life would have turned […]
Disability Desk
My desire to help gives me purpose in life
Recently Naadia Vaseer shared her story as a cancer survivor who fought against the challenges (with no guidance on how to face the uncontrollable pain that comes with chemotherapy) with me. Now I would like to share it with the ROLLING readers. After a mammogram scan led to a breast […]
#Disablism Must Fall
Has our Constitution and various other pieces of legislation failed our citizens with psychosocial disabilities? We have the White Paper Rights of Persons with Disabilities; we have the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. We have our Constitution. But February 1, 2017 should be regarded as South Africa’s […]
A decade of awareness
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is approaching, and it’s an opportunity to see what’s been done and what’s still required The annual observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities was proclaimed in 1992 by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly resolution 47/3. It aims to promote […]
Champion spirit
Disability is not getting in the way of this young star’s bright future. One doesn’t have to be in sports for a decade before you can win awards and South African wheelchair tennis junior Nokwanda Hlongwane has proved just that. With only five years in the sport Hlongwane was named […]
A remarkable day
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities was celebrated in Gauteng in December 2015. It is estimated that there are about one billion people with disabilities worldwide, and they frequently do not enjoy full access to transportation, employment, education, and social and political participation. On December 3, the Gauteng Disability […]
Signing the future
South Africa was a proud delegate to the 2015 Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf With the theme of strengthening human diversity, the XVII World Congress of the World Federation of the Deaf, recently held in Istanbul, addressed key issues affecting the deaf. The World Federation of the […]
Living as a Muslim with Disability
The challenges facing Muslims with disabilities and impairments often arise simply from a lack of awareness on the part of others magine being limited to how much time you can spend outdoors or interacting with others because you have a disability or impairment. Imagine being unable to obtain general education […]