The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities organized a special screening of the film 'Shrikanth' in Indian Sign Language (ISL) on Thursday. This inclusive event aimed to make the film ...

Disability rights groups have criticised the Covid inquiry’s lack of British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters after repeated calls to increase accessibility in public hearings. It is exactly a year ...

Toby Wong is a late-deafened board director & marketer breaking barriers. Supports Gold House, Collective Visibility & Disability Belongs. deaf female business executive using a cochlear implant ...

With a growing number of students and staff in higher education reporting a disability, it’s important for universities to ensure they are operating in a disability-inclusive way. Senior leaders who ...

I only become disabled when I leave my front door (Picture: Ella Byworth for Metro.co.uk) When I say ‘able-bodied’, what springs to mind? Do you think of me? Probably not, since I am a full-time ...

The disability community in Benue State has advocated for sign language interpreters in public places, including police stations, courts, hospitals, among others to ensure equal access for the deaf.

In Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Juliet famously asks, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” She wonders how the name someone has can define them, ...

The American Psychological Association has long advocated for the use of person-first language (e.g., a person with depression) when referring to people with disabilities. It has also acknowledged ...

A man behind a podcast to give those excluded a voice was largely encouraged to do so by a stranger in Cyprus Everywhere in the world, two to three babies out of every 1,000 live births will be born ...

Imagine being stopped at the supermarket and told, "You're so inspiring for just … being out and about!" Good intentions or not, if we unpack what is really being said, it's that my existence as a ...

Q: There's a new guy working in our office who I think might be disabled. I'm not sure if he really is though, as he keeps asking us to just call him Pete. Is this normal? A: Seems perfectly normal to ...