20-06-2007
KOTA BARU:Kerajaan Kelantan akan mempertimbangkan cadangan mengadakan lampu isyarat berbunyi di simpang jalan utama di negeri ini bagi kemudahan orang buta melintas.
Pengerusi Jawatankuasa Pentadbiran Awam, Perancangan Ekonomi, Kewangan dan Pembangunan Masyarakat Kelantan Datuk Husam Musa berkata perkara itu merupakan beberapa cadangan Persatuan Orang Buta Kelantan dalam satu pertemuan dengannya baru-baru ini.
"Antara lain, mereka juga mencadangkan supaya longkang besar di bandar ditutup sepenuhnya bagi mengelak golongan itu terjatuh ke dalamnya," katanya kepada pemberita selepas menyampaikan bantuan RM10,000 kepada Mohd Fikri Abdullah, 13, yang mengalami masalah paru-paru tidak berfungsi, di Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia di sini, hari ini.
Bantuan daripada Tabung Orang Kurang Upaya Kelantan itu diberi bagi pembinaan bilik khas di rumah kanak-kanak itu di Tok Burung, Bachok.
Mohd Fikri dirawat di hospital itu sejak tiga bulan lepas berikutan mesin oksigen di rumahnya rosak sementara dibaiki HUSM. Husam berkata persatuan itu juga mencadangkan supaya kerajaan memastikan golongan buta terutama yang sudah berkeluarga mendapat tawaran harga murah bagi mana-mana taman perumahan yang baru dibina di negeri ini.
Husam berkata beliau akan memanjangkan cadangan persatuan itu kepada pemaju perumahan dan pihak berkuasa tempatan di negeri ini termasuk Majlis Perbandaran Kota Baru.
Sementara itu abang Mohd Fikri, Mohd Hafizi berkata adiknya mengalami masalah pernafasan itu sejak berumur enam tahun dan terpaksa bergantung kepada mesin pernafasan sepanjang hayat
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bagusnya buat macam tu sebab peka dengan keselamatan disabled people ni --
harap2 semua lampu2 traffic di seluruh negeri akan disertakan dengan loceng bunyi ni -
would be so helpful for them --
glad dengan usaha2 positive begini ! - Jangan ketepikan anak kurang upaya saya rasa program mencegah kecacatan di peringkat awal ni
penting sangat - ia dapat membendung dari awal lagi
- dari peringkat kanak2 lagi dari kecacatan ini -
dengan membina banyak lagi klinik kesihatan - yang mana ada khidmat untuk
pemulihan dari peringkat awal nescaya ianya boleh mengurangkan masalah
OKU dari peringkat kanak2 lagi -
yang penting focus tentang kecacatan yang berleluasa sekarang -
down sindrome, autisme juga dyslexia -dan bagaiman untuk
menyediakan program pencegahan awal penyakit2 tersebut --
jika ada intervention yang lebih awal untuk mengesan memang boleh
mengurangkan lagi kekacatan2 tersebut yang dialami dari peringkat
kanak2 lagi --
pada saya bukan tu saje! - kerajaan dan all those badan2 kesihatan -
NGO patut juga mengambil berat untuk mencegah penderaan dan
pengabaian kanak2 juga.. --ini juga sebenarnya termasuk memberi
maklumat dan menyedarkan ibubapa tentang pentingnya penyediaan
tempat yang selamat untuk kanak2 - penyediaan makanan yang
bersih dan berzat --
-- Najib: Offer jobs to disabled
KUANTAN, Sun:
The civil service should offer more employment opportunities to qualified disabled people, said the deputy prime minister.
Datuk Seri Najib Razak said although there were already disabled people currently employed in the public sector, their number should be increased.
Making a similar call to employers in the private sector, Najib stressed that those with disabilities should be given equal employment opportunities and not be discriminated.
"I am hoping that not only the government agencies, but also the private sector will be sensitive to the needs of the disabled," he said after launching an intervention programme to prevent disabilities among children.
He said the government encouraged buildings to have disabled-friendly features, such as ramps for wheelchair-bound people and toilets for the handicapped.
a brilliant article --
and hope for those who always interested in understanding
and working for Disabled People will find this article such
a rewarding thought -
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Working for the disabled
A look at the need to legislate to bring about far-reaching changes in societal values and subsequent changes in provision of services for the disabled.
By WONG MEI LEE
http://thestar.com.my/archives/2007/6/21/lifeparenting/f_22disabled.jpg
A disabled Cambodian girl.
The quality of life experienced
by people with disabilities in many
countries leaves much to be desired.
FATHER扴 Day has come and gone. the best gift any father (and mother) of a disabled child could hope for this year is to see Malaysia endorse the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities, as well as our very own proposed national Persons with Disabilities Act 2002 which is awaiting parliamentary approval.
What is the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities?
This global treaty was hailed as the first comprehensive human rights treaty of the 21st century when the United Nations General Assembly adopted this treaty at its general meeting on Dec 13 last year.
In essence, the treaty acknowledges and recognises the rights of the 650 million disabled people worldwide, to be equal and active members of society rather than objects of charity.
That number includes Malaysians with disabilities. What is the disabled population in Malaysia? We don抰 really know. Is it because Malaysians with disabilities are not coming forward to be registered? Why?
According to World Health Organisation statistics, the disabled population of a country ranges from 4% to 10% of its population, depending on its developing or developed status.
As Malaysia can be considered a fast-track developing nation, dare we say 5% of our population is made up of disabled persons?
Our population count is about 27 million; 5% of that should be about 1.35 million.
However the number of disabled Malaysians registered with our Department of Social Welfare is only 170,455. That is less than 1% of our population.
So why are Malaysians with disabilities and, in the case of learning disabled children, their guardians, not coming forward to be counted?
There could be many reasons that are personal to these individuals themselves.
However, the common ones that we often hear of in disability circles are their fears of being labelled and discriminated against, of being stigmatised, pitied and viewed as inferior to the rest of the community.
Others might argue that there is nothing much to be gained from being registered 2 beradik kurang upaya terima sumbangan kerusi roda
KUALA TERENGGANU: 揝aya bersyukur dan terharu kerana menerima bantuan dua kerusi roda bernilai kira-kira RM5,200,
Zafwan rides over his obstacles
Melissa Darlyne Chow
http://www.nst.com.my/Sunday/National/20070701092350/insidepix1
Mohd Zulkhairi Abdul Rahman wheeling his roommate, Zafwan Rahimi,
during Universiti Sains Malaysia抯 orientation week yesterday. On their
right is fellow student Salim Sabri, from Indonesia.
GEORGE TOWN, Sun:
Zafwan Rahimi, 20, is proof that disability is not an obstacle to success.
Four years ago, an accident left him paralysed from the waist down.But he did not let this dash his dreams of tertiary education. e studied hard despite not being able to walk and passed his examinations with ease.
Yesterday, Zafwan, from Kemaman, "stood" tall as family members accompanied him to register for a degree in the social sciences at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM).
"When the doctor told me that I was paralysed from the waist down, I was sad," said Zafwan who aspires to be a social worker. But I did not let that deter me. I want to prove that anyone can overcome adversity."
Zafwan, who will have an old schoolmate as his roommate, was also happy with the disabled-friendly facilities on campus. wins Faridah and Fazilah Satimen, 20, from Kluang, will pursue agricultural science and human resources, respectively.
"We don抰 want to be roommates as we want to get to know new people," said Faridah
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with what he's been going thru i am sure zafwan wiill be an excellent
social worker.congratulations to zafwan - this proof that despite the
disabilitythey can be success as well and achieve a higher education - Originally posted by dexa at 15-6-2007 11:29 PM http://forum.cari.com.my/images/common/back.gif
Cabaran bapa OKU
Oleh Nor Affizar Ibrahim
Kekurangan diri kuatkan semangat Miskan didik anak jadi insan sempurn
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ZAHIRNYA nampak...
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I'm really very inspired when look En.Miskan Kasiman's obstacles in his life ....sebak membaca kesusahan dan kepayahan beliau....semakin byk kesusahan yg beliau hadapi, Allah memberi lebih banyak kemudahan di kemudian hari..... Ternyata beliau berjaya membuktikan dan membuka masyarakat bila bukan sahaja diri beliau je berjaya tetapi beliau berjaya memberi inspirasi dlm membentuk keluarga yg bahagia...Terdetik hati sy bila berazam mendidik dan memimpin keluarga dengan penuh t/jawab di kemudian hari .... May Allah bless him .... :) 3 anak si buta masuk universiti
Oleh Samsudin Oli Mohamed
SINTOK: Seorang tukang urut yang cacat penglihatan bangga apabila tiga anaknya mendaftar serentak untuk melanjutkan pengajian di menara gading yang bermula kelmarin.
Tiga anak pasangan Ibrahim Md Isa, 47, bersama isterinya, Nur Sakinah Thomas Abdullah, 42, masing-masing mendaftar Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) dan Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).
Anak sulung mereka Mohd Ammar Ibrahim, 20, mendaftar di USM, manakala anak kembarnya Nur Mutmainnah, 19, mendaftar di UUM manakala Nur Syuhada mendaftar di UPM, hari ini.
Ibrahim yang ditemui ketika menemani Nur Mutmainnah mendaftar sebagai pelajar di Kolej Yayasan Albukhary UUM berkata, dia bersyukur kerana tiga anaknya berpeluang melanjutkan pelajaran ke institusi pengajian tinggi awam (IPTA).
Saya bersyukur kepada Allah SWT kerana doa dan harapan supaya anak-anak ke menara gading tercapai.
揔esungguhan isteri dan anak-anak untuk menjadikan keluarga ini mengamalkan budaya berpelajaran dan sentiasa berusaha untuk beroleh kejayaan amat membanggakan saya, waaa.... 3 anak dpt masuk IPTA... murah rezeki En. Ibrahim Md Isa ... x lama lai bertambah le rezeki dia bila anak2 tamatkan pengajian suatu hari nanti .... sungguh cekal golongan hilangan penglihatan ... sometime sy berpikir sejenak yg owg yang hilang penglihatan perjalanan hidup lebih sukar berbanding mereka yg hilang pendengaran ....
sesunggunhye petunjuk dr Allah bagi meningkatkan rasa kehambaan kpd-Nya .. :) Disability spurs his ambition
By : Joniston Bangkuai
http://www.nst.com.my/Saturday/National/20070707081202/insidepix1
Universiti Malaysia Sabah student Iskandar Nasir was touched
by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman's words of encouragement.
KOTA KINABALU: It was a momentous few seconds for Universiti Malaysia Sabah student Iskandar Nasir when Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman gave him words of encouragement.
Paralysed from the age of 2 after suffering a debilitating fever, the 20-year-old was commended by Musa for not allowing his disability to stop him from pursuing his studies.
He was impressed by Musa抯 gesture as the latter was leaving after addressing new UMS students at the university抯 Chancellor Hall yesterday.
"It was nice of the chief minister and I was touched by his kind words and encouragement," said Iskandar of Kampung Tanjong Kapor in Kudat.
The wheelchair-bound youth had enrolled in a degree course in Business Management and Entrepreneurship, one of 2,972 students in the 2007/08 intake.
"I don抰 see my physical disability as an obstacle for me to be successful in my studies and in life.
"In fact, it (the disability) encourages me to work hard in everything I do and I am happy for the chance to pursue my studies at UMS."
Iskandar, who scored 2As, 1B and 1C in the Sijil Tinggi Persekolahan Malaysia examinations, owes his success to the support and encouragement of his parents.
"My parents never failed to send me and pick me up when I was studying in primary and secondary schools in Kudat."
Iskandar will now be on his own and far from his parents but he is prepared to face the challenges.
"I have to learn to be independent and I believe with help from fellow students, I will be all right," he said, adding that he aspired to be a businessman.
In his speech, Musa called on students to value and appreciate the support of their parents by giving their best in their studies.
Present was UMS Vice-Chancellor Datuk Professor Dr Mohd Noh Dalimin.
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a good perspective from him whereby his disability is
not an obstacle for him to be successful in his studies
and life --
something yang patut instill pada semua disabiled person
in facing their life so they can be more confidence
and self assured -
Air Asia NOT OKU friendly -
2007/07/16慬b]Now everyone can fly MAHB, AirAsia diarah bincang kemudahan OKU
SEPANG: Kementerian Pengangkutan mengarahkan Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) dan AirAsia Berhad (AirAsia) berbincang berhubung penyediaan kemudahan untuk keselesaan penumpang berkerusi roda dan kurang upaya menaiki pesawat syarikat itu.
Menterinya, Datuk Seri Chan Kong Choy, berkata dasar kerajaan berhubung kemudahan orang kurang upaya (OKU) adalah jelas dan semua pihak perlu akur peraturan itu.
"Saya sudah mengadakan perbincangan dengan wakil The Barrier-Free Enviroment and Accesible Transport Group (Beat) dan bersetuju supaya bantuan khas bagi menaiki pesawat disediakan bagi mereka yang berkerusi roda.
"Justeru, MAHB dan AirAsia perlu mengadakan perbincangan segera supaya kemudahan dapat disediakan secepat mungkin," katanya kepada pemberita selepas melancarkan penerbangan pertama AirAsia bagi laluan Kuala Lumpur-Shenzhen di Terminal Penerbangan Tambang Murah (LCCT) di sini semalam.
Hadir sama Timbalan Menteri Pelancongan, Datuk Donald Lim Siang Chai; Pengurus Besar Kanan (Operasi) MAHB, Datuk Azmi Murad; Ketua Pengarah Pelancongan Malaysia, Datuk Mirza Mohd Taiyab; Pengerusi AirAsia, Datuk Pahamin Abdul Rejab, dan Ketua Eksekutif (CEO) Kumpulan AirAsia, Datuk Tony Fernandes.
Chan mengulas tindakan Beat yang dianggotai 18 pertubuhan bukan kerajaan (NGO) mengadakan piket secara aman di LCCT kelmarin sebagai membantah tindakan AirAsia yang dianggap mendiskriminasikan OKU kerana enggan membenarkan penumpang berkerusi roda menaiki pesawat.
Tony, ketika ditemui kemudian menafikan dakwaan Beat dan menegaskan kakitangan AirAsia akan membawa sendiri penumpang berkerusi roda menaiki pesawat tanpa bayaran tambahan.
Katanya, masalah ketiadaan kemudahan sudah dibincangkan beberapa kali dengan MAHB dan sehingga kini kedua-dua pihak gagal mencapai kata sepakat kerana ia membabitkan kos yang tinggi.
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hopefully they will get the wheelchair access for all the disabled people
and be a disabled friendly airplane -
dah kena sound tu - harap next time tak ada discrimination
not only for any airplane but for all other companies as well --- The Star
Nation
Monday July 23, 2007
Jobs online for disabled
By DERRICK VINESH
KEPALA BATAS: Emysofiyan Jaafar Sidek抯 right arm was paralysed following a motorcycle accident in 2003 but he knows he has to work to support himself.
揑 hope to find a lighter job now, perhaps as an office boy or supervisor, Fauziah tabah besarkan anak istimewaOleh Md Fuzi Abd Lateh
Kehadiran Siti disyukuri walaupun terpaksa hadapi pelbagai cabaran hidup
KETIKA kanak-kanak lain gembira belajar di taman didikan kanak-kanak (tadika), mengenal huruf dan belajar membaca bersama rakan, Siti Nor Fatihah Suhaimi tidak dapat menikmati semua ini.
Kanak-kanak kecil yang baru berusia lima tahun itu terpaksa melupakan peluang berkenaan kerana perlu melalui kehidupan yang asing lagi berbeza. Dunianya tetap sama hanya berada di rumah bersama ibu yang setia menjaganya, Fauziah Mat Noor, 40.
Sekali imbas wajah comel cahaya mata keempat Fauziah itu hasil perkongsian hidupnya bersama suami, Suhaimi Sahid, 42 tidak menggambarkan kecacatan serius. Namun, hakikatnya keluarga itu terpaksa menerima kenyataan menjaga anak yang tidak sama seperti kanak-kanak normal apabila Siti disahkan menghidap kecacatan otak minimum.
Dilahirkan pada 26 September 2002 melalui pembedahan di Hospital Selayang, Selangor, Siti Nor Fatihah dikatakan mengalami kelemasan ketika tiba tarikh kelahirannya. Ketika dilahirkan beratnya adalah 3.42 kilogram.
Keadaan itu menyebabkan beliau terpaksa dirawat dalam wad Unit Kritikal (ICU) selama tiga bulan menggunakan bantuan pernafasan dalam inkubator bagi kanak-kanak memerlukan penjagaan rapi.
Fauziah berkata, anaknya itu berada di hospital selama tiga bulan dengan bantuan sepenuhnya oksigen dan diberikan minum susu menggunakan salur tiup khas setiap masa.
揇oktor mengesahkan anak saya mengalami kecacatan otak selepas menjalani pemeriksaan rapi sebelum dibenarkan keluar dari wad kanak-kanak. Saya begitu sedih sebaik mendengar ayat pertama dilafazkan doktor yang merawat.
揘amun, berkat kesabaran didorong kuat suami, saya akhirnya reda dan terima dengan penuh kerelaan dugaan tuhan ini. Ketika orang lain termasuk saudara mara memandang sepi anak cacat hadir dalam sebuah keluarga, kami tetap bersyukur pemberian Maha Esa.
揟idak siapa mahu permata hati mereka tidak sempurna. Tetapi saya tetap pasrah dan berpegang janji Allah bahawa setiap manusia yang dilahirkan mempunyai keistimewaan masing-masing," katanya ketika ditemui di rumahnya di Bukit Beruntung, Selangor.
Secara luaran, Siti tampak sihat, tetapi keseluruhan anggota tubuh badannya tidak boleh berfungsi sepenuhnya. Hanya pergerakan sendi lain membezakannya menyebabkan beliau perlu menjalani terapi saraf sepanjang masa.
Lantaran mengenangkan nasib anaknya yang memerlukan perhatian sepenuhnya, Fauziah nekad berhenti bekerja di sebuah kilang di ibu negara walaupun ketika itu pendapatannya bertambah baik. Kini beliau bergantung sepenuhnya kepada suami yang bekerja sebagai pemandu lori dengan pendapatan kurang RM2,000 sebulan.
Selain Siti, beliau mempunyai tiga anak lain yang masih bersekolah iaitu Zulhelmi Suhaimi, 14, Mohd Fakri, 12, dan Mohd Zarulnaim, 10.
"Seorang anak saya belajar di sekolah menengah dan dua lagi di sekolah rendah yang turut menggunakan belanja besar setiap bulan. Namun, saya tetap dahulukan Siti yang memerlukan peruntukan membeli susu, lampin pakai buang dan kos rawatan susulan di klinik berhampiran dari semasa ke semasa.
"Harga susu formula khas kini sudah naik RM2 menjadi RM32.90 dengan berat 900 gram yang boleh digunakan hanya dua minggu, manakala sebulan memerlukan tiga tin susu jenis ini. Sepanjang masa, dia hanya bergantung harap kepada susu yang ditambah dengan nestum saja untuk terus hidup. Kos penjagaannya mencecah RM300 sebulan," katanya.
Penjagaan Siti tidak seperti kanak-kanak lain kerana ototnya perlu diurut dan dibelai sentiasa bagi mengendurkan saraf yang menegang akibat penyakit dialami itu.
Fauziah berkata, beliau ingin berkongsi pengalaman mendidik anak istimewa dengan ibu bapa lain. Dengan cara itu beliau dapat meningkatkan kekuatan diri dan semangat baru melangkah hari-hari mendatang meskipun tidaklah secerah diharapkan.
Sementara itu, Nazir Masjid Abu Bakar Ali Bashah Pangsapuri Kenanga, Yusof Mohd Zain, berkata kesedihan dialami keluarga itu turut mendapat perhatian penduduk di kariah berkenaan.
Selain berusaha membawa suami Fauziah, Suhaimi bertemu pihak tertentu, beliau juga membantu membawa Suhaimi mendapatkan rawatan tradisional di Cameron Highlands dan Sabak Bernam untuk penyakit sawan serta urutan.
揔ami sentiasa bersama dengan keluarga ini untuk membantu meringankan beban yang ditanggung. Sebagai ahli masyarakat, kita tidak harus meninggalkan dan menyisihkan mereka. Bukan diminta mendapat anak malang dalam keluarga. Apa juga bantuan yang boleh diberikan akan diusahakan walaupun mereka tidak meminta-minta.
揌ati saya sebak memandang wajah anak comel yang tidak berdosa ini. Seharusnya keluarga membelai penuh kasih sayang. Kisah ditunjukkan keluarga ini wajar menjadi pengajaran kepada semua," katanya.
Orang ramai yang ingin membantu, boleh menghubunginya di talian 017- 2448110 dan suaminya, 012- 3603139. Jobs online for disabled
By DERRICK VINESH
KEPALA BATAS:Emysofiyan Jaafar Sidek抯 right arm was paralysed following a motorcycle accident in 2003 but he knows he has to work to support himself.
揑 hope to find a lighter job now, perhaps as an office boy or supervisor,
Reply #152 dexa's post
I have booked (complete w payment) a return flight Kuantan-Penang via Firefly in mid-September. My mother can still walk but very slowly and to board the plane, I will have to get her a wheelchair (extra payment RM24). Let's see how we are going to be treated. I'll post here InshaAllah.Reply #157 Mulan's post
sepatutnya by right tak yah la kena bayar rm24 tu ; apa pun selamat jalan dan aku harap kau punya trip berjalan lancar ;a very inspiring article
and i hope can give us some info and more thoughtful
regarding people with disabilities --
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This is who we are
By : MIREYA NAVARRO, NYT
Tired of being stereotyped, members of the disabled community are now rejoicing in their disability rather than hiding behind it. MIREYA NAVARRO writes.
http://www.nst.com.my/Thursday/Features/20070516145718/insidepix1
WHEN Josh Blue won NBC抯 Last Comic Standing last season, he did so with riffs like this: 揗y right arm does a lot of crazy stuff. Like the other day, I thought someone had stolen my wallet. thanz a lot for inspiring articles, dexa...every success earned by them who have a disabilities inspiring me to find more way of success in futuremore than i usually effort in life every day ... :loveliness: