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THE WAY YOU’VE OVERCOME YOUR DISABILITY IS SO INSPIRING

In Focus, In the News / Disability Connect

Things some South Africans think are fine to say at work, are actually offensive. Discrimination is still rife in many workplaces – often through seemingly innocuous comments by people who are expressing their prejudices. Every day, many South Africans experience painful microaggressions in the workplace – often seemingly innocuous comments by people who might be well-intentioned, but who are actually […]

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The Relationship Between Disability and Addiction

Association of the month, In Focus / Disability Connect

Substance Abuse Awareness Day takes place on 26 June. In our country, there are many people dealing with the effects of substance abuse on a daily basis, with many people struggling to cope as it is. According to the South African Depression and Anxiety Group (SADAG), some people living with mental illness or suffering from

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Online concert to raise funds for persons with disabilities

Association of the month, In Focus / Disability Connect

Casual Day, South Africa’s well-known fund-raising and awareness campaign for persons with disabilities, will be hosting their first online concert via Facebook Live on Youth Day, June 16, at 1pm. Featuring an exciting line-up of artists, (persons with and without disabilities), this promises to be an awesome showcase of talent and diversity coming together for

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Refilwe Modiselle scoops award at international film festival

In Focus, Lifestyle / Disability Connect

SA model and actress Refilwe Modiselle has walked away with the best actress award at the African Film Festival in Texas for her role in White Gold. Refilwe, who plays the role of Mansa, an African woman living with albinism, struggled to fight back emotions as she described what the award meant to her. A win

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Trump Faces Pressure to Help Disability Service Providers

In Focus, In the News / Disability Connect

In international news, members of Congress in the United States are asking the Trump administration why federal money isn’t flowing to help disability providers and others funded by Medicaid who have been walloped by the pandemic. Medicaid in the United States is a federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people

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International Albinism Awareness Day: 13 June

Disability Spotlight / Disability Connect

People with albinism among those “left furthest behind” International Albinism Awareness Day is an opportunity to educate people and to promote albinism awareness and commit to continue advocating for their rights. Persons with Albinism are usually as healthy as the rest of the population, with growth and development occurring as normal, but can be classified as disabled because of

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QuadPara Association launches COVID-19 relief fund

Association of the month / Disability Connect

COO of QASA, Raven Benny, stated that the QuadPara Association of South Africa (QASA) is cognizant of the efforts that have been put in place to combat COVID-19 with more and more people suffering due to a lack of income, access to healthcare and food. People with disabilities at risk People with disabilities are among

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May is International Multiple Sclerosis Month.

Disability Spotlight / Disability Connect

May is International Multiple Sclerosis Month. Disability Connect asked Gerald Albertyn, head of Operations and Strategy at Multiple Sclerosis South Africa (MSSA) more about Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and the many challenges faced by the thousands of sufferers in South Africa. Approximately how many South Africans suffer from MS? In South Africa, it is estimated that

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Multiple Sclerosis Society of South Africa

Association of the month / Disability Connect

Multiple Sclerosis Society is a patient driven organisation supporting and facilitating services to all persons with MS, their families and carers. MSSA speaks out, lobbies and advocates on behalf of the patient, with access to treatment and support being the biggest challenge. The ultimate goal is to make information available to everybody living with this

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Services available to people with disabilities during lockdown

Covid-19, Industry News / Disability Connect

Deputy minister of Social Development, Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu provides an update on measures and services available to persons with disabilities in South Africa amid Covid-19 and lockdown. AS the spread of Covid-19 surpass the 1 000 mark amid the 21-days lockdown period in South Africa, Deputy Minister of Social Development Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu calls on the public

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