Disabilities

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

December 3, 2019February 10, 2020 Questadmin

The United Nations (UN) International Day of Persons with Disabilities – taking place on 3 Dec. 2019 – aims to promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society and development, and to increase awareness of the situation of persons with disabilities in every aspect of political, social, economic and cultural life.

Disabilities Quest Online

Quest Volume 15.4

November 26, 2019March 12, 2020 Questadmin deafness, disabilities, paralympians, paralympics, prosthetic hands

In this issue: Protecting paralympians: Investigating injury and illness in paralympic athletes; A helping hand: Prosthetic hands developed at local universities; Tukkies for the hearing-impaired: University of Pretoria academics assist the deaf; Disability due to neuromuscular disease: Genomics research – Stephen Hawking profile; High-tech aids for the blind and visually impaired and more!